Destination: Egypt

Learn Arabic with our WorldNomads Arabic Language Guide

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 >

Walk like an Egyptian- The Overnight Train

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 | By nadscol | Views [911]

This one deserves its own story. The overnight train- definitely not something I would ever care to repeat.   We had our very long day exploring the exciting and wonderful sites of Cairo. This was exhausting (especially due to the heat) and ... Read more >

Tags: egypt

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

cairo

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [819] | Comments [2]

Well, arrived safe and sound....cairo is a caotic city where a 3 lane road is anything from a 2 lane to 5 lane road....the drivers just toot their horns to let you know they are there, crossing the road is a story for another time!  Yesterday we went ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

When in the land of the Pharaohs.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [779] | Comments [1]

We arrived in Egypt to a not so nice taxi experience that Dan and I would rather forget – Nothing outrageous but these guys will try anything to rip off foreign travelers... One funny thing to tell is our travel ... Read more >

airport madness

Sat, 30 May 2009 | By indefinatley | Views [593]

so im in egypt after arriving in Cairo and getting our visas we went outside, not a good idea, harassement i tell you :) 2 blond white tired tourists trying to fight off 20 taxi drivers trying to shove us in there cars, who would only talk to me as ... Read more >

Catching a Moment - The Eyes of the Pyramid

Mon, 1 Apr 2013 | By | Views [405] | Scholarship Entry

You would have thought you could count on Cairo being hot, but it was a cool 15 degrees. Cryptic murmur of Egyptian Arabic all round. Walking head down and accompanied front, side and back by the implicit mass of humanity - caps, beards, skirts, sleeves, ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Mexican Taxi Stand-Off

Sun, 4 Nov 2012 | By eastbound | Views [281]

Day 9 – SAT - 22/9/12 – Wadi Rum, Jordan : Dahab, Egypt via Eilat, Israel and Taba, Egypt borders.   After a staple Middle East breakfast of boiled eggs, pita, marmalade, juice and fruit we headed off to cross the desert in the ... Read more >

Gallery: Dahab & Sinai

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By jreuter | Photo Gallery

Photos: Parallel universe

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By vedra | Photo Gallery

Photos: Cleopatra bath

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 | By haneenshaheen | Photo Gallery

Photos: Egypt

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By trvlgrl24 | Photo Gallery

A 'place' I have visited

Mon, 3 Jun 2013 | By ships | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013

Photos: El Gouna

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 | By tesilya | Photo Gallery

Passport & Plate - Koshery

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 | By sanxiyoda | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2015 Passport & Plate: SRI LANKA