Religious Sites

ITN asked its readers to write essays on the subject “Travel is. . .” in 250 words or less. Originally, we were going to print only the top five, but your words were so inspiring that we decided to print the top 10 essays. We featured half of them in the February issue. The remaining essays, as before in no particular order, we present below. Thanks to everyone who entered, reflecting on the whole subject of travel and putting such thought and heart into your writing. Again proving ITN readers are the “true” travelers.

— Armond Noble, Publisher, ITN

My husband, my parents and I departed on Dec. 16, ’02, for an 18-day trip to Egypt that included sightseeing around Islamic and Coptic Cairo; the Sakkara necropolis; the Giza pyramids; several days in Luxor to visit the temples and West Bank; a cruise down the Nile; the Aswan area; Abu Simbel, and diving in the Red Sea.