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Thu, 18 Oct 2007 | By language-guides | Views [51782] | Comments [11]
The World Nomads Arabic language guide iPhone app is now available for free from the Apple iTunes app store.
Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when ... Read more >
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By writing_the_world | Views [3656] | 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
Mon, 1 Nov 2010 | By huw-and-rose | Views [1327] | Comments [4]
Dahab has sucked us in. Life here has become 'normal' as normal can be, though to be honest, like living in Brighton, 'normal' feels a bit like living one big holiday. We still have the luxury of not having a routine - of course that makes me slightly ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1223]
It
took all day to get from Helsinki to Cairo, thanks to the inconvenient
routing of our One World RTW ticket. We were routed through Barcelona
for an 8 hour layover, and the Barcelona airport is not the one I'd
pick for a long layover. We tried ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [1087] | 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
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 | By drmitch | Views [1076]
Another day in Luxor saw us
visiting the Karnak
Temple where we met our
guide, Ahmed, who was to show us around the conglomeration of a temple built by
several Pharaohs, each of whom added their own style over the years.
He ... Read more >
Tags: animal care project, karnak temple, train
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [903]
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, 4 Nov 2015 | By spacemanafrica | Views [712]
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 >
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By joealotto13 | Views [691]
So I decided to take the "famous deluxe overnight sleeper" from Cairo to Aswan, Egypt. Supposed to be a 9 hour ride turned into 15 hours on the train. Can't say much for punctuality in this country. I'm not complaining though, it was an interesting ... Read more >
Tags: abu simbel, aswan, convoy, egypt, felucca, tactical nightmare
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 | By divebunnie | Views [612]
So having lived in Egypt for a few years, we have been well aware of the reality of this "Democratic" government here. We have seen for ourselves the terrible poverty in which many people live, and discovered how whilst we were able to roam ... Read more >
Tags: egyptian revolution, living in egypt, mubarak, sharm el sheikh
Mon, 14 Mar 2011 | By southerncross | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
The jolt of the van as it sped along the darkened highway made sleep impossible. Squinting, I could just make out the heads of the five Dutch tourists in front bobbing about as the van passed over another pothole. My brother and I, the youngest of ... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, travel writing scholarship 2011
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 | By egypt2 | Photo Gallery
Cairo by Night
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Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By abanoub | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Abanoub Nabil from Alexandria Egypt i was born on January 28th, 1993. At the age of 13, i started making home videos home videos throw self learning.I worked in many projects as short Movies , Music Videos and Documentaries, i exposed to some magazines ...
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Tags: travel photography scholarship 2012
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 | By sanxiyoda | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients 2 cups cooked rice 1 cup cooked penne pasta 1 cup cooked spaghetti 2 tablespoons vinegar 1 teaspoon cumin powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 cup cooked lentils 1 can of tomato puree 1/2 cup water salt to taste 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder ...
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Tags: 2015 Passport & Plate: SRI LANKA