Destination: Egypt

Learn Arabic with our WorldNomads Arabic Language Guide

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 >

My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By writing_the_world | Views [3686] | 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

The Blue Mosque

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 | By damonlk | Views [1329]

The Blue Mosque is named for the tiles, imported from Istanbul during the days of Ottoman rule, that decorate its interior walls. Every surface is covered with flowers and floral motifs and the simple but elegant exterior contrasts markedly ... Read more >

3750 steps up.....

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 | By chloe | Views [779] | Comments [1]

After Luxor got the overnight train back up to Cairo...lets just say the trip up to Cairo was better than the trip down! sept a busy day sight seeing in Cairo, cruising the King Tut room in the museum and SHOPPING!!! The next day drove to the sinai ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Egypt - Cairo Days 1-2

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 | By krodin | Views [729]

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

A Short Cultural City Break in Cairo

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 | By steve_and_emma | Views [474]

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 >

The day I chanted freedom

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry

For too long, anger and pain were all bottled up inside every citizen of my country. The situation has become unbearable and people were suffocating to get their basic rights to live. They were physically sick, and even worse, emotionally jaded. Until ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Gallery: Egypt

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Egipto

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 | By descalzo | Photo Gallery

Photos: Egypt

Wed, 2 Aug 2023 | By korric | Photo Gallery

Gallery: 2008-12 Egypt

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 | By furaibo_a | Photo Gallery

Passport & Plate - Koshery

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 | By sanxiyoda | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2015 Passport & Plate: SRI LANKA

Photos: Passport & Plate - Koshari

Wed, 4 Mar 2015 | By worldinabackpack | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

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

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By hananhosny | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: travel photography scholarship 2012

Photos: El Gouna

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 | By tesilya | Photo Gallery