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  • Katie and the burst appendix So yesterday at 2.30am Katie comes into my room complaining of terrible pains in her abdomen, crippled over and sounding like she was going into labour. To my untrained and unscientific mind, I naively thought that maybe she just needed Posted by revel in In Alexandria | Sep 24, 2009
  • Midan Saad Zaghloul View of main square (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saad_Zaghloul) from hotel balcony Posted by revel in In Alexandria | Sep 22, 2009
  • What is the time? Yesterday was crazy. It was the first day of Eid. Apparantly in Alexandria this is a time when every (pre) pubescent boy comes out to play downtown. We got so much hassle: --"Hello! Welcome in Egypt! What is the time? Posted by revel in In Alexandria | Sep 21, 2009
  • Moving in; the Highway Code Moving in ---- On Tuesday Katie and I moved into a really nice flat in an area called Sporting. It's very near the Corniche (the road that runs along the seafront) and about a ten minute drive eastwards from the Posted by revel in In Alexandria | Sep 17, 2009
  • Egypt Whilst the details of traveling are most often boring and not worth writing about, I feel our journey from Cairo airport to our hostel gives an interesting first insight into Egypt. We arrived in Cairo at about midnight where Posted by S Pirouet in African Adventures | Sep 14, 2009
  • Photos First things first, check out this view: That's from my hotel balcony in Alexandria, overlooking the main square and the beautiful sea. As some of you may know the city of Alexandria stretches Posted by revel in In Alexandria | Sep 13, 2009
  • First Few Days So here I am in Cairo. It’s a huge city of 18 million people. It’s bustling and exciting, especially as it’s the month of Ramadan, but quite overwhelming as well. The first night here was a huge culture shock but Posted by revel in In Alexandria | Sep 10, 2009
  • Egypt here i come! Egypt was kind of boring. It is the 38th largest country and the capital is Cairo. The population is 82,999,000 and the area is 1,062,450km. The language they speak is standard Arabic and the total GDP per capita is $2,161. Posted by jazmyn in Our beautiful world | Sep 9, 2009
  • People in Egypt Are by and large very, very different from those in the rest of the middle east. My guess is that they have been spoiled by having too many tourists, and so rather than being intrigued and welcoming many of Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 20, 2009
  • Cairo Transit To get to the airport we wanted to do it like the locals, and it was an adventure. First we got directions to where the bus terminal was, then took a minibus to get there. Flagging the minibus took Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 20, 2009
  • Cairo - in the city Our travels through Cairo were among the highlights of our Egypt experience. We had originally planned to change hotel after the first day, but the place we went that was supposed to be "5 minutes taxi, 30 minutes walk" Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 20, 2009
  • Camel ride between Pyramids Sue confronted her fear of animals by taking a 15 minute camel ride near the pyramids. It was a bumpy ride, but it was fun to watch Sue with her legs far apart to avoid touching the camel and Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 17, 2009
  • Cairo - Pyramids and the Sphinx The pyramids were big, something like 20 stories tall, but after the amount of hype on the pyramids it didn't live up to expectations. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/211581/20 Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 17, 2009
  • Felucca on the Nile We spent 2 days going up part of the Nile on a felucca, which is a big sailboat. It was a good opportunity to catch up on sleep and take in the scenery. The effect of the nile Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 17, 2009
  • Nubian Village in Egypt We had the opportunity to have dinner at a traditional Nubian home, which was interesting. This family keeps 3 crocodiles is a kind of a permenant fish tank next to one of their rooms (and relatedly eats crocodile once Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 13, 2009
  • Luxor - Temple of Karnak The temple of Karnak is a massive temple spread over 2 square km and built over the course of several centuries. At the entrance is a road line with sphinxes, [img=http://photos.tra Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 12, 2009
  • Valleys of the Kings and Workers (Luxor) The valley of the kings is a large complex with dozens of pharoahs' tombs individually carved underground. We went into 3, all more-or-less the same (unfortunately no pictures were allowed): a long downward-sloping hallway with hierloglyphs (drawings) c Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 11, 2009
  • Mount Sinai Going up Mount Sinai was a trek of biblical proportions. Well not really, but it took close to 3 hours to walk up (7km uphill plus 750 steps carved into the mountain) and over an hour to go down Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 8, 2009
  • Scuba Diving in the Red Sea It was a 45-minute intro dive, and we went down just under 10 metres. The way it was structured was pretty easy: put on wetsuit, flippers and air tank, go in the water to practice breathing and clearing water Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 4, 2009
  • 首都开罗（Cairo) 去埃及就必须去看金字塔和狮身人面像。不过看过了也如此罢了。没有我想象的高，也没有感觉特别神秘。只能说:been there, done that罢了。连拍照也提不起太多的兴趣。 [img=http://photos.travellerspoin Posted by suevasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 20, 2009
  • 阿斯旺 （Aswan) 继续往南便到了Aswan. 我不知道怎样来形容这个城市- 绿洲水乡 沙漠 绿洲和沙漠比邻而居，相宜的章。 [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/211584/20090820_192.jpg Posted by suevasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 17, 2009
  • 莱克所（Luxor） Valley of the King (皇帝山谷)和Valley of the Worker (工匠山谷) [b] Luxor 最大的卖点就是皇帝山谷和工人山谷。与其说山谷，不如说是皇帝的墓地。古埃及的人们相信人有来世，而且来世是永久，幸福的。所以他们把尸体保存成木乃伊，并在墓地里画上太阳，太阳船，和各种他们相信能够庇佑他们的神灵，希望在他们死后能够顺利地来到所谓的极乐世界。刚开始的时候，法老们命人们建造金字塔。之所以建成三角形的形状，是因为即使在正午的时候，金字塔上的任何一点也不会有影 Posted by suevasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 12, 2009
  • 西纳山（Mount Sinai) 我不知道为什么西纳山那么有名，就连多伦多都有一个医院叫西纳山医院，应该是和基督的起源和犹太人有很大关联的（有兴趣的同学可以自己去google，我不太有刨根问底的精神）。我猜想它的地位就像中国的武当于道教，少林于佛教吧。旅游书上介绍西纳山的日出是世界7大日出的圣经之一，再加上免费的山上露营，我们自然不能放过这个机会。 我们于傍晚7点到达山脚，炊事组一阵折腾，我们终于在9点吃上了热腾腾的蔬菜意大利面条。晚上10点导游准时出现，带领我们向山上进军。爬山绝对不是我的强项，特别是考验耐力的攀爬。3个小时的骆驼 Posted by suevasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 9, 2009
  • 埃及红海 从约旦的Aquab坐连夜的渡轮，非常幸运地从甲板仓升级到了一个单独的一等仓，一干人等拿出睡袋，横地竖地占领了整个地面。一觉醒来（早上5点，被海关叫醒的），我们已经到了埃及。埃及的海关是我有史以来见过最没有效率的。 在烈日下干晒了5个半小时，在领队等的不耐烦向海关的工作人员发出了忍无可忍的河东狮吼之后，我们终于过关了。不是因为他们太忙，也不是因为过关的验证手续太过繁琐，而是他们对于不相干的琐事太过于感兴趣 – 一个体重大约300斤的海关工作人员花了一个半小时和旁边的一位大爷把一个诺基亚的手机装了又拆，拆了又 Posted by suevasil in Overland for 8 Months | Aug 8, 2009
  • Dahab So.. da hab ich es doch noch mal geschafft nen Blog zu erstellen.... Bin noch immer in Dahab.... habs bisher nicht Posted by bahribar in Into The Wild | Aug 27, 2009
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