{"id":8530,"date":"2023-04-08T08:07:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T15:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8530"},"modified":"2023-04-08T08:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T15:15:42","slug":"touring-egypt-from-your-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8530","title":{"rendered":"Touring Egypt from your living room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I love to travel, but during Covid that was not really a thing. Even if you did travel, it was a very muted experience as most places you would visit were closed, severely restricted, and (my personal real goals) of interacting with local culture\/food\/people severely curtailed. Even in 2023 many cities are nothing like what they were pre-Covid, and I suspect that travel and tourism is going to look very different as we come back out of Covid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with that, like many, I turned online. I have been amazed how many YouTube channels have 4k and higher video quality visits to just about anywhere in the world: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Si90OMF1dD4\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Si90OMF1dD4\" target=\"_blank\">Disneyland in Tokyo<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zmlq3KDSEG8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zmlq3KDSEG8\" target=\"_blank\">Palace of Versailles<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A9e-Jt0KAss\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A9e-Jt0KAss\" target=\"_blank\">Assisi<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KBeCMiUPuic\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KBeCMiUPuic\" target=\"_blank\">St Petersburg Russia<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CEl6P5wo6ro\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CEl6P5wo6ro\" target=\"_blank\">, inside the Great Pyramids<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tMzCwwvHwN0?t=61\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tMzCwwvHwN0?t=61\" target=\"_blank\">Chongquing cave shopping<\/a>, etc. If you can imagine a place, someone has almost certainly done a very high quality 4k video walkthrough of it &#8211; or ride through of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently I started watching the various Sound and Light shows of the various Egyptian locations. I was inspired by a scene in the James Bond movie <em>The Spy Who Loved Me<\/em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WlYqQBKgQpo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WlYqQBKgQpo\" target=\"_blank\">which features the famous show at the Great Pyramids.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" data-attachment-id=\"8531\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=8531\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/04\/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-Pyramids.jpg?fit=600%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,356\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-Pyramids\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/04\/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-Pyramids.jpg?fit=600%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/04\/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-Pyramids.jpg?resize=600%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/04\/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-Pyramids.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/04\/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-Pyramids.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2023\/04\/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me-Pyramids.jpg?resize=455%2C270&amp;ssl=1 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Philae, Temple of Osiris:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m55hzS_XxPI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Karnak Sound and Light Show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sje9hIlE_Q0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9c1cAalfu4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Great Pyramids:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fRUkLda59_Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love to travel, but during Covid that was not really a thing. 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