Destination: Egypt
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Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By adamkel | Views [9263] | Comments [1]
Friday, 23 February, off to Egypt. We will fly out from London Heathrow at 17.25 and arrive in what has been explained to me as ‘the filthiest city in the world’ ; Cairo at 20.45. I am expecting more than filth, I am expecting Cairo to be chaotic, ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By writing_the_world | Views [3677] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
A Feast Fit for a Pharaoh Our taxi slams on its breaks, narrowly avoiding a malnourished donkey. Ironically, the scrawny animal draws a rusty oven of sweet potatoes mounted on wonky wheels. "It's the batata man!" announces the driver. Suddenly he pulls ... Read more >
Tags: #2012writing, cairo, egypt, food, travel writing scholarship, travel writing scholarship 2012, travelwriting
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By nadscol | Views [2234] | Comments [1]
An early morning and we were off to see the sights. First was the best- the pyramids. Here I had one of those “I really can’t believe I’m here” moments. It was breath taking, brilliant, wonderful… I could go on forever. Because we got there early I ... Read more >
Tags: egypt
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [1093] | 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
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 | By drmitch | Views [1048]
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
Thu, 2 Mar 2017 | By asmaamaher | Views [965]
January 1, 2017
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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
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [954]
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
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [910]
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
Wed, 14 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Views [767] | Comments [3]
And so on to the Pyramids. We docked at Port Said and then had a 3 hour journey into Cairo - most of which we slept because we'd been up so early. While we were in Cairo the ship moved on to Alexandria, where we joined it late at night. The Pyramids ... Read more >
Sun, 3 Oct 2010 | By tweber | Views [601] | Comments [2]
I
have finally made it to Ethiopia after being stuck in Cairo for two days. With only two hours of sleep in about a
36-hour period, I had the opportunity to experience being at the mercy of the
KLM airport ground crew at 1:30 am. Being a transferring ... Read more >
Sat, 14 Mar 2009 | By irenecabay | Views [565]
We started our journey in Aswan, the south of Egypt. We stayed in a nice little hotel (Keylany Hotel) that may have needed some upgrading and repairs, but the room was clean and the staff was absolutely exceptional. We were ... Read more >
Thu, 3 Sep 2015 | By liv_joy_fun | Views [404] | 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
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By | Views [323] | Scholarship Entry
Like many a morning I walked through 26 July-street which is perhaps the most important road in Cairo. Always occupied with traffic as it connects east with west and north with south. ‘A fairly peculiar place, never really day nor night’, I fancied. The ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By shimaa_nabil | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
i am creative and adventurous like exploring , like sight-seeing
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Wed, 19 Nov 2014 | By | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Every day I am busy with exploring my creativity in the world of art. This opportunity would be the chance that helps me out. I am a person that likes to learn and is't afraid of adventure
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship