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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
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 | By divebunnie | Views [1459]
"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
Thu, 5 Nov 2009 | By bec-simon | Views [1315]
We flew into Cairo not really knowing what to expect from our tour, only knowing that it would be good to having someone else looking after us for a while so that we could relax and not have to worry about anything. True to their word, Muhammad (everyone ... Read more >
Tags: cairo, edfu, egypt, karnak, kom ombo, luxor, pyramids, sphinx
Sat, 5 Jun 2010 | By cherylb | Views [1149]
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
Sat, 20 Nov 2010 | By huw-and-rose | Views [959]
For three all-too-brief days I took a yoga safari with El Salam Camp . There were 10 of us, plus our teacher Dakini, two puppies to be found a home, and four Bedouins to lead the way, tend the camels and make camp. It was a magic time, and couldn't ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 | By joealotto13 | Views [854]
Luxor has the Valley of the Kings and Queens on it's West bank, The Luxor Temple, and Temple of Karnak on it's East. The Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens was alright, it was packed full of tourists. Luxor temple was nice. The Temple of ... Read more >
Tags: dumb tourists, egypt, karnak, luxor, thebes
Wed, 4 Nov 2015 | By spacemanafrica | Views [718]
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 >
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
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 | By taroso | Views [655]
Deja Vu I
keep seeing the same backpackers. Now admittedly I sometimes appear to be
mildly prosopagnosic. For some reason it took me six months or so to
learn to distinguish Sophie Marceau from Catherine Zeta Jones, and the
words ... Read more >
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 | By col_n_sue | Views [474]
Well, Here we are in Jordan already! I didn't get a chance to update the blog in Egypt because it was all go go go, and the internet availability was very poor - at least where we were. Egypt was fantastic. The ancient history was fascinating, and ... Read more >
Tags: egypt
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [289] | Scholarship Entry
It was late when our bus headed to the Saint Catherine's Monastery. Any questions about that place? Well, you'd better Google it, but I'll tell you, that there's this wellknown Burning Bush built at the site where Moses (Google it!) is supposed to have ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 | By jensen12 | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 22 Nov 2012 | By vision18 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I do a computer teacher and first hobby is photography, especially landscape.
And dream of being a professional photographers in Egypt and around the world.
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Tags: travel photography scholarship 2012
Thu, 13 Dec 2012 | By walkingwithprincess | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Photography is becoming my passion. I take really good pictures and I have a great eye where I can see the picture out of almost anything. But i need to have a good teacher who can teach me more about taking great photos. You can see in the pictures some ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012
Mon, 4 Jan 2010 | By natabalog | Photo Gallery
An ancient country in a modern world
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