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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 >
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By sstolper | Views [4630] | Comments [2]
Let me see if I can paint this extraordinary picture properly. Just yesterday, I rode a train down the Nile Valley to Luxor, which was once known as Thebes, the legendary capital of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom (think Ramesses and Tutankhamun). Now, ... Read more >
Tags: religion; history; culture
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 | By nik_and_leon | Views [2135] | Comments [2]
Loud and Proud Americans. A generalisation that goes many miles, as already seen in Istanbul (The Jube on the Bus). We are at Edfu Temple between Aswan and Luxor, a double temple built in the Greco-Roman dynasty around the birth of Christ. One wing ... Read more >
Tags: jubes
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Views [1249]
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 >
Thu, 2 Mar 2017 | By asmaamaher | Views [968]
January 1, 2017
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Asmaa Maher
During the Past 5 Years and after my father's death, i rolled myself into a deep grief and decided to get away from people, ... Read more >
Tags: egypt, hiking, inspiration, love, mountains, peace, sinai, stars, stcatherine, thisisegypt
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [913]
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
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 | By steve_and_emma | Views [468]
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 >
Wed, 3 Sep 2014 | By zoghby | Views [320] | Video | Scholarship Entry
because i am videoghrapher . video editor , and director .. one man crew .. i am very fast in shooting and editing .. i did lot of projects before , i want to travel to Mexico .. because i adore aljandro gonaliz inaritto the director
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico
Sun, 4 Nov 2012 | By eastbound | Views [300]
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 >
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
Sat, 16 May 2015 | By | Views [162] | Scholarship Entry
I have been traveling since the day I learned to walk... but nothing (yet) compares to my adventure in Egypt. Not only do I love to travel I also love history and Egypt is full of both. We stared our journey in Cairo, Egypt. We spent the time necessary ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Mon, 20 Mar 2006 | By amera | Photo Gallery
boys meet the girls down the river
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Sat, 12 Jan 2008 | By jmbworldpilgrimage | Photo Gallery
Divin' and Glyphin'
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Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By trvlgrl24 | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 2 Jan 2013 | By arewethereyet101 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Everyone looks at a diorama and says," that looks uncanny but is it true though? Is that what actually happened?" That is what the camera does - it takes you to a place most uncanny and gives you that opportunity to apply what you've learnt and pit it ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012