Destination: Egypt

Stethoscopes in Ancient Times?

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 | By nik_and_leon | Views [2133] | 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

On the Cusp of Africa

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 | By sstolper | Views [1583] | Comments [2]

Chalk up the 3rd missed flight of my life. Not too good a record here, and that's not including all the trains and buses I've missed. But sitting on this balcony of the Hilton Hotel overlooking the Nile, I remember still how lucky I am to be here. Not ... Read more >

Tags: sights

The Pyramids by camel and horseback

Sat, 5 Jun 2010 | By cherylb | Views [1162]

Cairo far exceeded our expectations. After reading many bad reports on Tripadvisor about taxi rip offs, theft from hotels, being hassled by purveyors of fine goods, I was a bit trepidatious... but we had an amazing experience! Our hotel room had ... Read more >

Tags: cairo, egypt, pyramids

We become parents...sort of

Tue, 12 May 2009 | By houdyman | Views [834]

We arrived early back in Cairo from Luxor and set off to get our Indian visas started. We found out to our surprise it takes about a week so instead of staying in Cairo we decided to take the overnight bus to Dahab on the Red Sea coast where we could ... Read more >

Playa, Petra and Pyramids. III

Wed, 4 Nov 2015 | By spacemanafrica | Views [725]

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 sixth episode: The Nilecruise: Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan & Abu Simbel.

Sat, 7 May 2016 | By captainyeller | Views [464]

Arrived in Luxor, probably the biggest open air museum in the world. Here was also a driver waiting for me. I arrived quite late in a beautiful hotel with a pool looking over the Nile, sadly enough I did not hve the time to enjoy that pool. I went down ... Read more >

Mostly organised!

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 | By sarah_odgaard | Views [381]

Well, it's been a while coming but mostly everything is organised, and it looks like Vicki (who I met at ENA training) and I are going to have an ACTION PACKED two weeks in Egypt. We fly out on the 17th November, arriving in Sharm el Sheikh at 6.30pm.... Read more >

Tags: egypt

Catching a Moment - Women on the streets of Cairo

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

The Nile at Aswan

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By | Views [262] | Scholarship Entry

Here the Nile is so wide it jars with our landlocked imagination. On a felukka in the river between the banks of Aswan you're entirely unprepared for the width of water. Islands intersperse the oceanscape, like pockets of high land after a postapocalyptic ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Gallery: Egypt

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 | By hpsauce | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Sinai and Luxor

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 | By coffeedrop | Photo Gallery

Photos: Egypt

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 | By theresa_moynes | Flickr Photo Gallery

A 'place' I have visited

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

Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By shimaa_nabil | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A Space to Play

Wed, 29 Oct 2014 | By gracefrances | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship