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The House of Bondage

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By sstolper | Views [4619] | 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

Egypt - Part One

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [1088] | Comments [2]

Before reading all: Get a cup of coffee/tea and make yourself comfortable. EGYPT - WHAT AN AMAZING PLACE! We arrived for our tour first night and met this guy from Townsville Tim and had a chat with him...ended up being a really good mate by the ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

St Catherine, Sinai, Egypt

Thu, 2 Mar 2017 | By asmaamaher | Views [954]

January 1, 2017 | Asmaa Maher During the Past 5 Years and after my father's death, i rolled myself into a deep grief and decided to get away from people, ... Read more >

Tags: egypt, hiking, inspiration, love, mountains, peace, sinai, stars, stcatherine, thisisegypt

my first rollercoaster

Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [903]

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

KAIRO

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 | By dragana_i_nesko | Views [774]

Kad god nabrajam zemlje u Africi u kojima smo bili, uvek zaboravim da pomenem Egipat, jer mi je on nekako skroz arapski, a nimalo “africki”. Poznat po antickoj civilizaciji, hijeroglifima, piramidama i mumijama, ova zemlja je ubedljivo najpopularnija ... Read more >

Playa, Petra and Pyramids. III

Wed, 4 Nov 2015 | By spacemanafrica | Views [717]

August 2015: We were already anxious about travelling to Egypt before we even crossed the border from Eilat in Israel to Taba in Egypt. The Australian government website smarttraveller.com.au which, amongst other things, gives up to date travel ... Read more >

Egypt Encompassed

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 | By mattso | Views [514]

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 >

T - 24

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 | By fembotnik | Views [424]

It is happening.

Tags: The Planning Phase

Luck has seven benefits

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By | Views [293] | Scholarship Entry

That day was about 8 years ago when I was at secondary school at football session at school teacher called me and two other colleagues and tell us that he had to send 3 students to represent school for Athletics games and he hadn't time to choose, that’s ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

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

Gallery: Cairo stars

Wed, 1 Mar 2006 | By amera | Photo Gallery

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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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 ... Read more >
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By mermaid | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

My passion for photography started with black and white photos in high school. I still remember the original smell at the developing lab. Just after I finished high school I became owner of my first analog SLR camera. This Canon accompanied me on the ... Read more >
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