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5 Tips to Digging and Living in South Asasif, Egypt

Mon, 7 Nov 2011 | By travel-tips | Views [4975] | Comments [1]

Welcome to Alaska! I was greeted upon arrival in Luxor, Egypt. Working in the depths of a temple tomb excavation at the foothills of South Asasif in 114 degree heat, dense white dust soaking into my sweaty Egyptian cotton shirt, the last thing ... Read more >

Tags: digging, egypt, temples, travel tips

Stethoscopes in Ancient Times?

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 | By nik_and_leon | Views [2121] | Comments [2]

Loud and Proud Americans. A generalisation that goes many miles, as already seen in Istanbul (The Jube on the Bus). We are at Edfu Temple between Aswan and Luxor, a double temple built in the Greco-Roman dynasty around the birth of Christ. One wing ... Read more >

Tags: jubes

Egypt - Part One

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [1075] | 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

my first rollercoaster

Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [895]

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

Returned Expatriates

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 | By taroso | Views [755]

[NOTE: The paragraphs below were written in mid January, well before the current crisis, but I had a lot of trouble with the shape of the posting; the solution was to excise about 3/4 of what was written, including the fifth expatriate ... Read more >

Playa, Petra and Pyramids. III

Wed, 4 Nov 2015 | By spacemanafrica | Views [697]

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 >

The Travelling Lens

Thu, 3 Sep 2015 | By liv_joy_fun | Views [392] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I am a soon to be journalism graduate and globe trotter. I have an interest in filmmaking but have side-tracked it for the last three years to pursue my journalism studies. I live to travel and I am a born story teller. I love reading the subtext behind ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

Sunny Sinai (Non-Biblical Story)

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

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

Tombs Transcend Great Pyramids of Giza

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [211] | Scholarship Entry

“I don’t care about history” I used to lament. Give me great food, show me impressive architecture but please don’t drone on about historical significance. Luxor is a location of undeniable historical significance and the Valley of the Kings is downright ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

My Travel Writing Scholarship 2011 entry - Responsible Travel

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

Photos: Cleopatra bath

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 | By haneenshaheen | Photo Gallery

This gallery is for cleopatra bath, the place where she used to take her relaxing bath. It is the first bubble bath made by nature in the world and was dicoverd by cleopatra herself. Its a bath full of hot sea water pushed through ahole inside a giant ... Read more >
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A 'place' I have visited

Mon, 24 Jun 2013 | By caironow | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I am a photojournalist working for the middle east news agency i welling to lead the photographer team , I like to be well known with the last updated of photo techniques , technology and safety for the photojournalist also i have a conclusion to cover ... Read more >
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013

Photos: Giza Pyramids, Saqqara, Abusir, Dashur

Sat, 31 Dec 2016 | By krodin | Photo Gallery


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