Destination: Egypt
There are [412] stories and [6004] photos from Egypt
Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented | Most Interesting | Random
Latest stories from Egypt
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
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By colleen_finn | Views [1707]

I've discovered that I really like the sound of the muezzin calling the faithful to prayer. The sound has a peaceful quality to it that I find soothing. I imagine it would be easy to live here without a watch and instead keep time according to the sonorous ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, sightseeing
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, 21 Mar 2009 | By damonlk | Views [1317]
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 >
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 | By colleen_finn | Views [1205]
The travel gods, fickle deities that they are, both giveth and taketh away. On a packed flight to JFK, I was seated with one passenger who was very territorial about the armrests. The other passenger in my row slept for most of the flight, head thrown ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Sat, 19 Sep 2009 | By netsy19 | Views [1072]
Remember that feeling before Christmas… that anticipation… like when you were little and couldn’t sleep because you were going to Disneyland the next day? That excitement of wanting to go to bed extra early so the next day will come even sooner? ... Read more >
Fri, 4 Jan 2008 | By annekebroadbent | Views [954]

We were travelling through Egypt and Jordan with Travel Talk. A tour Company I had not used before and I have to say I was mighty impressed. Right from our airport pick-up the service was great! We left Heathrow at stupid-o'clock on Saturdy morning ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By hpsauce | Views [904]
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, 11 May 2011 | By divebunnie | Views [792]
Living in Sharm el Sheikh, life can get surprisingly busy for your average dive guide, so we relish the chance of a little day trip up to the capital of chill... Dahab. Just over an hour's drive through the spectacular Sinai desert and we find a whole ... Read more >
Tags: dahab, scuba diving, sharm el sheikh, sinai desert
Wed, 4 Nov 2015 | By spacemanafrica | Views [720]
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 >
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 | By taroso | Views [656]
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 >
Sun, 10 May 2009 | By mickryan1983 | Views [596]
OK have cooled off literally (on ios atm) - time to write about Egypt again after losing the entire write up! After using up the best part of my 3month US visa I made the call to head from San Fran to Turkey for Anzac day. So booked the cheapest flight ... Read more >
Thu, 3 Sep 2015 | By liv_joy_fun | Views [401] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I am a soon to be journalism graduate and globe trotter. I have an interest in filmmaking but have side-tracked it for the last three years to pursue my journalism studies. I live to travel and I am a born story teller. I love reading the subtext behind ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
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
Sat, 31 Dec 2016 | By krodin | Photo Gallery
See all 31 photos >>