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The House of Bondage

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By sstolper | Views [4546] | 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

Fire Blast in terrorist attack

Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2076]

I was lucky to survive a fire blast in Egypt, where I was admitted to hospital in a town close to Dahab, with neck, face and leg injuries. I was diagnosed with a fracture dislocation in the right shoulder and arm, lacerations all over my body and a broken ... Read more >

Tags: claim, egypt, hospitals & health, injury, medical, true claim stories, world nomads

Eid Said!

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 | By divebunnie | Views [1440]

"Eid Said, Eid Mubarak" or "Happy Eid" whichever you prefer. So the holy month of Ramadan has come to an end, and my local friends and colleagues are in a celebratory mood. And this year I feel brings all the more cause for celebration.... Read more >

Tags: egypt, eid, ramadan

my first rollercoaster

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

Travel Patterns

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 | By taroso | Views [631]

Deja Vu I keep seeing the same backpackers. Now admittedly I sometimes appear to be mildly prosopagnosic. For some reason it took me six months or so to learn to distinguish Sophie Marceau from Catherine Zeta Jones, and the words ... Read more >

Egypt Encompassed

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 | By mattso | Views [494]

Well I've been and come back already! Yes so sorry.  The idea of updating this journal was made with good intent but when the practicality dawned on me, I just couldn't get it done. Either lack of close internet cafes, being utterly exhausted at the end ... Read more >

watching roads

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 | By haneenshaheen | Views [485]

I've thought that rod could be much marvellous, walking aimless in the streets watching roads is the most amazing thing to do. looking at people faces, listen to the streets music the mixed noises that makes you feel like you are listening to one of ... Read more >

A Short Cultural City Break in Cairo

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 | By steve_and_emma | Views [432]

Emma and I had some time off work in Addis so we were wondering where to go. Flight prices in Africa are pretty expensive even if the distance isn’t that great, so there were not many options which make a financially viable option for a short break ... Read more >

my world

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 | By bamboo | Views [339]

carved in the memory..

Fri, 2 May 2014 | By | Views [255] | Scholarship Entry

Trauma: is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event. that's when it happened February 27th 2014 a day that will be forever carved in my memory. it started out beautifully, blue sky, warm sun, and strong wind ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Journey to Saint Catherine

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

The Romantic Pharaoh

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry

In the middle of the River Nile, going to The Nubian Village in Aswan, the captain stopped the boat, and started to shake it to right and left in a crazy way! We knew it was a punishment to force the boys to step down the roof, and stop dancing, and they ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

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Photos: Mt. Sinai & Dahab

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