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Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By writing_the_world | Views [3660] | 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
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 | By jreuter | Views [1479]
Michael Jackson was cranky. I know this because when I pulled left, he turned right. When I snapped the reins, he slowed down, and when I shot a photo of him, he grumbled and moaned. The camel is an amazing animal though, and one that I'm not sure ... Read more >
Sat, 5 Jun 2010 | By cherylb | Views [1150]
Cairo far exceeded our expectations. After reading many bad reports on Tripadvisor about taxi rip offs, theft from hotels, being hassled by purveyors of fine goods, I was a bit trepidatious... but we had an amazing experience! Our hotel room had ... Read more >
Tags: cairo, egypt, pyramids
Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [1023]
Hello All,
We didn't make it to Mt Sinai. Got a bus to Dahab and then ran into a common problem in Egypt. Liars. Lots of liars. When does the bus for St Katherines leave we asked at the bus station? there is no bus but you can take a taxi is the response.... Read more >
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, 14 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Views [759] | Comments [3]
And so on to the Pyramids. We docked at Port Said and then had a 3 hour journey into Cairo - most of which we slept because we'd been up so early. While we were in Cairo the ship moved on to Alexandria, where we joined it late at night. The Pyramids ... Read more >
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 | By james74 | Views [706]
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 >
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 | By krodin | Views [703]
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
Sat, 26 Apr 2014 | By | Views [309] | Scholarship Entry
Our group of 20 of us did an overnight tour in Cairo, which for we singles was less than 1/3 the price of the HAL tour (same hotel), in a mini-bus. 3 hours from Alexandria to Giza the first day was a long trip, but there was a pleasant roadside stop. ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Sun, 4 Nov 2012 | By eastbound | Views [290]
Day 9 – SAT - 22/9/12 – Wadi Rum, Jordan : Dahab, Egypt via Eilat, Israel and Taba, Egypt borders.
After a staple Middle East breakfast of boiled eggs, pita, marmalade, juice and fruit we headed off to cross the desert in the ... Read more >
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [248] | Scholarship Entry
It was a beautiful scene that gave pleasure for my senses, quenched my boredom, and satisfied my desire. It was breath-taking scenery that my eyes felt this is where they belong. Looking at the horizon, from Baltimore’s inner harbor, and meditating in ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 12 May 2015 | By | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry
After a long day in the funfair, we were happily singing in the bus on our way home, when the teacher said that we were going to stop at an ancient tomb site, Putu, just outside the town. I had never seen a tomb before, with pharaohs and mummies waiting ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Sat, 9 Jun 2007 | By hpsauce | Photo Gallery
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