Destination: Egypt

The Sphinx, the Pyramids and more rocks than you can poke a stick at

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 | By pauluiza | Views [906]

Destination: Giza , Dashur & Saqqara Hired a taxi and driver (Hassan) to take us around with a nice couple we met at Indian Consulate. Much better than taking a tour. First stop, the Giza Necropolis on the Giza Plateau. The Sphinx and the ... Read more >

Photos: Egypt - Cairo

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery

Cairo - dudes in dresses

Sat, 9 Oct 2010 | By pauluiza | Views [2969]

Destination: Egypt – Cairo   – What are you staring at me for? You're the dude in the dress! We arrive in Cairo in the morning, taxi to the hotel, bad hotel, stay anyway, too tired.  We relax for a bit and walk around looking for another ... Read more >

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Thu, 7 Oct 2010 | By michaelj | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

Photos: 2 day Nile Cruise

Thu, 7 Oct 2010 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery

Cruising de Nile

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 | By pauluiza | Views [716]

We book a cruise on the Nile, 3 days/2 nights, 5 star boat, pick up from the hotel, all mod cons on the boat and full board. Sounds pretty amazing? Well, it is. The food is good, the room is nice, big and comfortable, the people on the cruise are ... Read more >

Photos: Egypt - Luxor

Tue, 5 Oct 2010 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 | By lovinginmotion | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

Egypt - Luxor - all things ancient

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 | By pauluiza | Views [1621]

Destination: Egypt – Luxor   – From Senile (Sinai) to Denial   Click here for info on Luxor and places we visited.... Now a 17 hour bus trip to Luxor.   Enough to say it was “the ride from hell”.     After a 17 hour awful bus ride, stopping ... Read more >

work hard play hard (rose)

Sun, 3 Oct 2010 | By huw-and-rose | Views [1534] | Comments [1]

So it seems we're not too good at the road trip element of our road trip: too easily lured into life in beautiful places, and enjoying putting down some roots for a while. 'Nesting', some might say, but I say nay: merely 'resting'. We've now been in ... Read more >

Finally Made It!

Sun, 3 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Views [556] | Comments [2]

I have finally made it to Ethiopia after being stuck in Cairo for two days.   With only two hours of sleep in about a 36-hour period, I had the opportunity to experience being at the mercy of the KLM airport ground crew at 1:30 am. Being a transferring ... Read more >

Photos: Egypt - Sinai - Dahab

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery

Egypt - Sinai - Dahab

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 | By pauluiza | Views [1249]

Destination: Egypt – Dahab – I’ma so happy! So, we leave Israel, bus to the border, cross the border, do not get a full visa, just a Sinai visa for 2 weeks. Will try the full on visa for Egypt later. Very long van ride from the border to Dahab, ... Read more >

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry: Salam's and Baksheesh, Egypt and Jordan.

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 | By kurst22 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

3 punctures, 2 Koreans and a night under the stars (guest blog by alex)

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 | By huw-and-rose | Views [1868] | Comments [2]

Rose's great friend Al recently joined us here in Dahab for a week. Since we've been especially lax about writing the blog recently, he kindly stepped in and offered these words.   A flight full of idiots is worth it if you are greeted ... Read more >