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Exploring Egypt’s Red Sea

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 | By travel-tips | Views [7160] | Comments [3]

Imagine spending twenty years building the largest manmade structure in the world—leading a workforce of tens of thousands of sweaty, grumpy tradesmen—only, upon completion you realise that everyone’s buggered off to the seaside with their buckets ... Read more >

Tags: adventure travel, ant stone, diving, egypt travel, red sea scuba diving, scuba, travel insurance for scuba

24 Hour Transit: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1216]

It took all day to get from Helsinki to Cairo, thanks to the inconvenient routing of our One World RTW ticket. We were routed through Barcelona for an 8 hour layover, and the Barcelona airport is not the one I'd pick for a long layover. We tried ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Walk like an Egyptian - Eau de Donkey

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 | By nadscol | Views [1137] | Comments [2]

I was up before sunrise today for our hot air balloon ride. Hot air ballooning has never really been one of those things that I have craved doing. I have to admit that I sort of classed it as a little to tame for my inner adrenaline junkie- however ... Read more >

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Walk like an Egyptian- The Overnight Train

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 | By nadscol | Views [915]

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 >

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Middle East Adventure aevintyraferdin er hafin !!!

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 | By disa | Views [856] | Comments [2]

Loksins, loksins er eg komin af stad i fyrstu aevintyraferdina mina og fyrir valinu vard ferd med Intrepid Travel sem heitir Middle East Adventure. Sja link: www.intrepidtravels.com/ 4 vikna ferd fra Cairo um Egyptaland, Jordaniu, Syrland og Tyrkland ... Read more >

United Republic

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 | By damonlk | Views [766]

Although the United Arab Republic – Nasser's vision of a pan Arab state - is long since dead, having only briefly bound Egypt and Syria in uneasy union, an echo remains of that ill starred dream. It is found, in all places, in an annex to the Cairo ... Read more >

Playa, Petra and Pyramids. III

Wed, 4 Nov 2015 | By spacemanafrica | Views [702]

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 >

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Football. It's just a game

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By zita_whalley | Views [616] | Scholarship Entry

The setting sun leaks a soft pink into the skyline. The thunderous noise from the sea of red, white and black painted faces, contorted with excitement and fever, rumbles across the stadium. Flags are waved high in the air as novelty horns are blown and ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

airport madness

Sat, 30 May 2009 | By indefinatley | Views [596]

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 >

A Short Cultural City Break in Cairo

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 | By steve_and_emma | Views [449]

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 >

T - 24

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 | By fembotnik | Views [419]

It is happening.

Tags: The Planning Phase

Coffee Forfeit

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 | By ashlee | Views [199]

I can't compete any more. They win! tHey don't want me around, I won't be. They get mad at me because I'm not part of hte group when others are around but don't they see that they are making me this way? We're doing ministry. We're all going to coffee ... Read more >