Destination: Egypt

Dahab - Egypt

Fri, 28 May 2010 | By todd-holly | Views [309]

 Dahab Egypt - May 20 - 29 I snap a few shots of our first gimps of the Red Sea from the air. Soon we will be landing in Shram El Sheik.  We have a one hour taxi ride up the coast to Dahab.  When we arrived there was no Cab for us.  We waited a few minutes ... Read more >

Photos: Luxor - Egypt

Fri, 28 May 2010 | By todd-holly | Photo Gallery

Luxor - Egypt (May 17 - 19)

Fri, 28 May 2010 | By todd-holly | Views [409]

Luxor - Egypt  A short car ride to our home for the next 3 days in Luxor. We are pleasantly surprised with the place. A nice room, excellent pool at it seems we are the only one staying at the resort which is on the west bank of the Nile river.... Read more >

Photos: Cairo - Egypt

Tue, 18 May 2010 | By todd-holly | Photo Gallery

Cairo Egypt

Tue, 18 May 2010 | By todd-holly | Views [428]

Cairo Egypt  April 13 - 16 We’ll were back to the crazy 3rd world honking, heat, and cheap abandoned buildings of a hostel.  We arrived in Cairo once again with our cab driver awaiting like promised by the hostel.  He whisked us away at more than double ... Read more >

Walking Like an Egyptian

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Views [666] | Comments [3]

And so on to the Pyramids. We docked at Port Said and then had a 3 hour journey into Cairo - most of which we slept because we'd been up so early. While we were in Cairo the ship moved on to Alexandria, where we joined it late at night. The Pyramids ... Read more >

Photos: Walking like an Egyptian

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Photo Gallery

Exploring Egypt’s Red Sea

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 | By travel-tips | Views [7160] | Comments [3]

Imagine spending twenty years building the largest manmade structure in the world—leading a workforce of tens of thousands of sweaty, grumpy tradesmen—only, upon completion you realise that everyone’s buggered off to the seaside with their buckets ... Read more >

Tags: adventure travel, ant stone, diving, egypt travel, red sea scuba diving, scuba, travel insurance for scuba

The Allure of Shisha

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 | By haveblood | Views [438]

a long draw drags the stars within touching distance; they tickle. the Bedouin rugs stagger their way around the tent walls, circling a few times before stopping to rest in a drowsy configuration. behind the haze are human silhouettes; they stopped ... Read more >

where the salad burns your tongue

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 | By haveblood | Views [326]

and the coffee punches you in the face. where a poorly mounted douche spout smacks with force into the back of your scrotum. ouch. where chicha flavours colour the cityscape and slow time. where an out-of-date hard-hat is sufficient for a motorbike ... Read more >

snakes. why'd it have to be snakes?

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 | By haveblood | Views [378]

I am King Nasser unifying the lands, and the the first Pharaoh. I wear the crowns of both Upper and Lower Egypt in a symbol of unification used by all Pharaohs in the coming millenia. I am Djoser, building the first step pyramid at Saqqara. Centuries ... Read more >

Photos: Red Sea Diving

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 | By elizabeth_back | Photo Gallery

Walk Like An Egyptian

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 | By langkawi21 | Views [1345] | Comments [4]

Assalamu Alaikum. We finally escaped the harshest winter in England for years on the 20th Jan for Luxor, Egypt - and we landed in heat!! Egypt was also the first country that we both looked like tourists unlike just Andrew in the last 5 months. ... Read more >

Photos: Egypt

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 | By robertadiamond | Photo Gallery

First impressions ... Egypt

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 | By robertadiamond | Views [620]

With a belly full of koshary (a traditional made of of rice, macaroni, chickpeas, lentils and chilli) and a few days worth of Egyptian experiences I think it's time to start my travel journal for 2010. I must warn you that previous attempts at online ... Read more >

Tags: drinks, food, fruit, library, people, pyramids