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Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By language-guides | Views [51782] | Comments [11]
The World Nomads Arabic language guide iPhone app is now available for free from the Apple iTunes app store.
Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when ... Read more >
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By sstolper | Views [4549] | Comments [2]
Let me see if I can paint this extraordinary picture properly. Just yesterday, I rode a train down the Nile Valley to Luxor, which was once known as Thebes, the legendary capital of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom (think Ramesses and Tutankhamun). Now, ... Read more >
Tags: religion; history; culture
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Views [1229]
This entry almost deserves the title Death on the Nile. We were warned “good places are difficult to come by in Cairo” but we didn't expect this to be so true and extend to Luxor as well. We did grapple some highlights though to ensure we had covered ... Read more >
Sat, 21 May 2011 | By divebunnie | Views [988]
This week, we decided that a couple of days' chilling out on the beach, back to basics, in Nuweiba was on the cards. Well... it was my birthday, so rather than spending it working, as usual, we decided to turn it into a weekend getaway, and head out ... Read more >
Tags: beach, nuweiba, sharm el sheikh
Sat, 20 Nov 2010 | By huw-and-rose | Views [942]
For three all-too-brief days I took a yoga safari with El Salam Camp . There were 10 of us, plus our teacher Dakini, two puppies to be found a home, and four Bedouins to lead the way, tend the camels and make camp. It was a magic time, and couldn't ... Read more >
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [883]
This is the feeling I had as we careened through the streets of Cairo. The driving style there is similar to Indo, but they don´t even bother putting lines on the highways since they know noone follows them (which i thought was quite efficient). There ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 | By drmitch | Views [882]
After a short sleep during which I woke up scratching my arm
from “something” biting me, we had another massive breakfast before saying
goodbye to the friendly family and heading back to the felucca. Before leaving, Aly & Jackie ... Read more >
Tags: edfu temple, felucca, horus, luxor, snacktime
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 | By rich | Views [514]
Time to head back to Cairo and so it's back on the train. We decide to take the sleeper train again, because we liked it on the way down and because we still can't get into true backpacker mode. It would be much cheaper to take the sitting train, but ... Read more >
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [289] | Scholarship Entry
It was late when our bus headed to the Saint Catherine's Monastery. Any questions about that place? Well, you'd better Google it, but I'll tell you, that there's this wellknown Burning Bush built at the site where Moses (Google it!) is supposed to have ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 | By peru2015 | Views [246] | Video | Scholarship Entry
My complete desire to learn and know more about the Colombian culture. Although I have a good knowledge about media in various fields , it seems very important for me to gain more knowledge, I am still in a very long process of learning. Travelling is ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 | By southerncross | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
The jolt of the van as it sped along the darkened highway made sleep impossible. Squinting, I could just make out the heads of the five Dutch tourists in front bobbing about as the van passed over another pothole. My brother and I, the youngest of ... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011
Tue, 8 Nov 2011 | By samermhelmy | Photo Gallery
Light captions while visiting Marsa Alam
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By trvlgrl24 | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 7 Jan 2013 | By bala7a | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am a drummer whose hobby is to capture photos. I have always been lonely, however a camera in my hands means a party to me. I can stay for hours to take a photo and this makes me proud. I am 29 years old married and I have a son. I would love to be ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012
Sun, 11 May 2014 | By voyage_voyage | Photo Gallery
Sharm el Sheikh
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