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The House of Bondage

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By sstolper | Views [4632] | 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

Stethoscopes in Ancient Times?

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 | By nik_and_leon | Views [2135] | 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

Egypt

Sun, 1 Feb 2009 | By seanandkate | Views [1661] | Comments [1]

salaam alaykum from egypt! we spent half of our tıme ın egypt ın caıro, and half explorıng other cıtıes, temples and ruıns along the nıle rıver. caıro ıs crazy; the people are pretty aggressıve, ıt's loud, chaotıc, and ı feel lıke we need hyperbarıc ... Read more >

Egypt - Part One

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [1100] | 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

Egypt - Cairo Days 1-2

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 | By krodin | Views [727]

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

Late arrival

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 | By drmitch | Views [702]

After three months of slaving away in the UK it was time for my first real holiday (one asting more than three days this time). My bags were packed, I’d bribed a nurse into dropping me off at the bus station and I was off…to EGYPT! As most of ... Read more >

Tags: airport, cairo, egypt, hotel pharaoh

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

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By zita_whalley | Views [661] | 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

twenty thoughts in egypt

Fri, 2 Aug 2013 | By lorrettaburkhart | Views [533]

#1 roaming goats, how do people know whose goats are whose? #2 the handle on the butchers knife made of goat skin complete with ginger fur, hygenic? #3 cats love playing with plastic bags, not expensive toys #4 where does all the wind blown ... Read more >

Tags: animals, cooking, language, people, travel

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

Filmmaker

Fri, 12 Sep 2014 | By motaz_abuyousef | Views [291] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I have experienced as a Filmmaker about 20 years,I want to increase my experience,I see that the working methods of the different,dentify the different cultures,Winning means a lot to me,For me it will create new ideas,And makes me more open to the world,Meet ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico