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Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By adamkel | Views [9261] | 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
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 | By travel-tips | Views [7160] | Comments [3]
Imagine spending twenty years building the largest manmade structure in the world—leading a workforce of tens of thousands of sweaty, grumpy tradesmen—only, upon completion you realise that everyone’s buggered off to the seaside with their buckets ... Read more >
Tags: adventure travel, ant stone, diving, egypt travel, red sea scuba diving, scuba, travel insurance for scuba
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 | By divebunnie | Views [1460]
"Eid Said, Eid Mubarak" or "Happy Eid" whichever you prefer. So the holy month of Ramadan has come to an end, and my local friends and colleagues are in a celebratory mood. And this year I feel brings all the more cause for celebration.... Read more >
Tags: egypt, eid, ramadan
Sat, 7 Mar 2009 | By damonlk | Views [1286] | Comments [1]
Old, or rather historic, or rather Fatimid, or rather
Islamic Cairo has changed its name almost as often as rulers have come and gone
over the centuries. The most recent of the names [old and historic] are
designed to reduce the emphasis on precisely ... Read more >
Sat, 23 May 2009 | By houdyman | Views [1247] | Comments [1]
arriving back in Cairo to complete our Indian visas we finally hooked up with Jessica's friend from Florence, Nardine. She is Egyptian, her fiancee Karem and their friends. They took us on the town and to different famous locations around Cairo. ... Read more >
Tags: amman, aqaba, mt sinai, petra, wadi rum
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Views [1242]
This entry almost deserves the title Death on the Nile. We were warned “good places are difficult to come by in Cairo” but we didn't expect this to be so true and extend to Luxor as well. We did grapple some highlights though to ensure we had covered ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By jamie_candice | Views [1110] | Comments [2]
Another cup of tea needed for part 2! After seeing the valley of the Kings we headed to our cruise boat where we were to sail up the Nile for a few nights. It was great because we had managed to get a 50 passenger boat all to ourselves only 16 ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 31 Oct 2006 | By BigTripBlog | Views [996]
Egypt is so crazy! We just finished a 5-day
stay in Cairo. In that time I’ve seen the Great Pyramids of Giza, King
Tut’s gorgeous golden mask, and some shockingly well-preserved mummies! In
addition to the big sights, we’ve been lucky enough ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
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 [719]
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 >
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By james74 | Views [707]
Day 1: Visit to Egyptian Museum, Al Azhar mosque and lively Bazaar. Today we visited the incredible Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, which contains relics dating back to 4000 BC, including the fantastic riches of Tutankhamun's tomb. Here ... Read more >
Tue, 3 May 2016 | By captainyeller | Views [553]
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 >
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 | By peru2015 | Views [260] | Video | Scholarship Entry
My complete desire to learn and know more about the Colombian culture. Although I have a good knowledge about media in various fields , it seems very important for me to gain more knowledge, I am still in a very long process of learning. Travelling is ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By vedra | Photo Gallery
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