I’ve recently had the pleasure to review one of the available MP3 audio tours from the ‘Iconic Guides‘ collection. Iconic Guides is a newly launched online business offering extremely high quality audios from historic destinations around the world. Dr Benedict Davies is a freelance writer and the founder of Iconic Guides and Della Phillips is the well-known and highly experienced voiceover artist used for the audios.
The ‘Tomb of Tutankhamun’ MP3 Audio Tour comprises 8 audios and each MP3 is relevant to a supplied PDF numbered plan of the tomb. The total tour time is approximately 27mins. The audio is made up of the following:
The discovery of the Tomb
An Introduction to the Tomb
The Antechamber
The Burial Chamber & the King’s Sarcophagus
The Wall Decoration of the Burial Chamber
The Treasury
Tutankhamum, Child of the Revolution
The Amduat
The audios provide an unprecedented level of detailed information into the cultural, artistic and architectural heritage of the Tomb of Tutankhamun. This is an excellent way to learn about the site without having to tag along with numerous tourists listening to a tour guide, or lug around that travel guide book!
A detailed ‘How-To‘ explains how you can purchase and download the guides.
I was having a cuppa and whilst staring at the fridge (as you do!), I realised a blog post was staring right at me! Our fridge is always covered in at least one post card and the children’s school work. At the moment the fridge is donned with three postcards from family and friends who have recently visited Egypt, Italy and the Alps in France. Just don’t look too closely at the postcard from Egypt! We also have a collection of fridge magnets from various places, holding both the postcards & school work in place. In the center of the photo, you’ll see a map magnet of Melbourne (my home town), this was a gift from my gorgeous Twitter, travel buddy Linda Fairbairn at Journey Jottings. Her products will be featuring in a post dedicated just for them. Her travel journals, map magnets and other products are fabulous for anyone on a trip to an Australian destination.
Travel Tips Plus’ very first blog post was made on the 19 June 2009. The dream, travel destination was Hurghada, Egypt and the format remains much the same today as when I first started. A total of 105 destination posts have been made covering each of the continents and a further 17 posts for the General and Travel Tips Categories.
More recently, I found people were sharing travel photographs and international music with me, and this resulted in the introduction of Categories Travel Photography and Travel Music. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time blogging and sharing travel experiences in one centralised location. I have also gained much from it, often having destinations suggested to me which I have never heard of! Who would have thought? I often consider myself well travelled and being a lover of maps and atlases, my knowledge of geography is pretty good and so when I discover a new travel destination, I’ve not heard of, it is quite exciting. I wonder what places I will learn of and have to share in the year to come?
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The discovery of the Tomb
I was having a cuppa and whilst staring at the fridge (as you do!), I realised a blog post was staring right at me! Our fridge is always covered in at least one post card and the children’s school work. At the moment the fridge is donned with three postcards from family and friends who have recently visited 
We also have a collection of fridge magnets from various places, holding both the postcards & school work in place. In the center of the photo, you’ll see a map magnet of Melbourne (my home town), this was a gift from my gorgeous Twitter, travel buddy 
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