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The House of Bondage

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By sstolper | Views [4605] | 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

Cairo - dudes in dresses

Sat, 9 Oct 2010 | By pauluiza | Views [3031]

Destination: Egypt – Cairo – What are you staring at me for? You're the dude in the dress! We arrive in Cairo in the morning, taxi to the hotel, bad hotel, stay anyway, too tired. We relax for a bit and walk around looking for another ... Read more >

A felucca, a village & a wedding

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 | By drmitch | Views [1036]

After a late start we caught our felucca for the next stage of our adventure. This single triangular sail flat decked boat was to be our home & transport for the next two days. We were pleasantly surprised to see how large it was, with soft mattress ... Read more >

Tags: felucca, nile, nubian wedding, sailing

Sinai!

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 | By blackbs2 | Views [1021] | Comments [3]

OK! Sorry for the delay with posting, finding a reliable internet cafe has been a bit difficult. The government firewall here in Syria makes it a bit difficult to connect to sites we want (including Facebook for some reason). The last time we wrote, ... Read more >

St Catherine, Sinai, Egypt

Thu, 2 Mar 2017 | By asmaamaher | Views [945]

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

in the footsteps of lawrence of arabia

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [939]

Made it into Jordan.....lots of waiting to have passports checked, ferries unloaded and reloaded and rough red seas but safe and sound in Aquaba....where you can see Egypt, Isreal, Jordan and Saudi Arabia! Drove to Wadi Rum in 4x4 jeeps. it is an ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Egypt

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 | By annekebroadbent | Views [937]

We were travelling through Egypt and Jordan with Travel Talk. A tour Company I had not used before and I have to say I was mighty impressed. Right from our airport pick-up the service was great! We left Heathrow at stupid-o'clock on Saturdy morning ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

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 >

Trash for Treasure

Mon, 4 May 2015 | By | Views [298] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

They say you can learn a lot about a man from the contents of his trash, I say you can learn a lot about humanity from the man who deals with other men’s trash. In a small neighborhood on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt I found all the components of a ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

(The Coral reefs Story)

Sun, 26 Apr 2015 | By | Views [278] | Scholarship Entry

it was a sunny shiny day when we decided to go to( Sharm El Shikh ) to enjoy our recent summer vacation,we prepared our bags and traveled To Sharm by a bus,then we reached the purposed resort where there was a big swimming pool,gardens,and many resturants, ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Confused!

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 | By ashlee | Views [151]

I left Australia and I was all about India . The vision of the dark map and bright orange India …what was that about? I went to Cambodia and become incredibly attached. When in China I saw a poster of a child begging. He had strings attached.... Read more >

Tags: calling, cambodia, children, connection, dance, faith, god, india, love, map