Destination: Egypt

The House of Bondage

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By sstolper | Views [4613] | 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

My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By writing_the_world | Views [3653] | 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

Egypt - Cairo Days 1-2

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 | By krodin | Views [693]

Day 1 First Impressions and the Egyptian Museum Arrived on a KLM flight in the middle of the night and hoped that the agent with whom I’d been in online contact was actually going to be at the airport to meet me. The prospect of arriving at ... Read more >

Tags: city visit

The fifth episode: The Pyramids of Cairo.

Tue, 3 May 2016 | By captainyeller | Views [550]

When I arrived in Cairo someone was waiting for me at the airport to arrenge my visa and drive me to my hotel. For traveling in Egypt I work with Kingfisher Tours. This is a local agency owned by Miriam, a woman from The Netherlands, living in Egypt ... Read more >

Egypt

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 | By col_n_sue | Views [474]

Well, Here we are in Jordan already! I didn't get a chance to update the blog in Egypt because it was all go go go, and the internet availability was very poor - at least where we were. Egypt was fantastic.  The ancient history was fascinating, and ... Read more >

Tags: egypt

A Short Cultural City Break in Cairo

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 | By steve_and_emma | Views [453]

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 >

Short

Thu, 3 Sep 2015 | By elbadil | Views [370] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I have worked as a photographer journalist for 14 years in a free weekly newspapers and then I joined to the largest daily newspaper (The Egyptian Today) which have worked a professional photographer I have worked for the Associated Press and started ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

The Romantic Pharaoh

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry

In the middle of the River Nile, going to The Nubian Village in Aswan, the captain stopped the boat, and started to shake it to right and left in a crazy way! We knew it was a punishment to force the boys to step down the roof, and stop dancing, and they ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Gallery: Egypt

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Photo Gallery

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry: Salam's and Baksheesh, Egypt and Jordan.

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 | By kurst22 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

Photos: Walking like an Egyptian

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Photo Gallery

A 'place' I have visited

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 | By anomadforever | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013

Photos: Egypt

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 | By natabalog | Photo Gallery

Landscapes

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 | By | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I believe that I have a deep passion in photography, I feel like I am over the sky when I get the chance to travel with my camera, it's the main reason I travel to any place even if I wasn't interested in it, Just knowing that I have the chance to capture ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship

The adventurists

Sat, 15 Nov 2014 | By raslanjourney | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship