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One Kilo of Biscuits, Please… Would You Like a Happy Ending with That? Our next two experiences would be very different. We were about to spend time sailing the Nile aboard a traditional felucca and stay with a Nubian family at a homestay. There were twelve of us in t…

The Case of the Moving Temples After spending the night aboard the sleeper train from Cairo, we rolled into Aswan at around 10 o’clock in the morning. There was no time to check into the hotel or freshen up. We collected our lug…

All Aboard! The Night Train to Aswan I’ve always loved train travel. Over the years I’ve crossed Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway, travelled from Beijing to Lhasa across the Tibetan Plateau, rattled across India on overnight sleep…

Three Pharaohs: Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure There are some places in the world that need no introduction and the Great Pyramid of Giza is one of them. I’d seen it in books, films and photographs throughout my life and so it felt strangely fa…

Downtown Cairo, a Koshary Empire, Tea for Two, and 25 Times Lucky After escaping Cairo’s afternoon heat with a few hours back at the hotel, I headed out again at 4.30 for an evening walking tour of downtown Cairo with my guide, Ahmed. We’d barely walked a couple …

Walking in Memphis… and Saqqara “Walking in Memphis…” The song had been stuck in my head ever since I booked this trip. But this wasn’t Tennessee. This was the original Memphis, the ancient Egyptian capital founded more than 5,00…

One Tunnel, Two Continents After leaving St Catherine, we settled in for what would be a seven-hour drive to Cairo. For much of the journey, the scenery was exactly what I’d imagined the Sinai Peninsula would look like: an e…

Egypt 8, Sean 0 We said our goodbyes to Khaldoun, boarded the ferry and enjoyed a smooth crossing of the Red Sea to Taba. After a fantastic week in Jordan, everything seemed to be going to plan. Then we reached Eg…

The Sound of Silence – Wadi Rum After the crowds, history and seemingly endless walking at Petra, Wadi Rum was a complete change of pace. We left Petra behind and headed south, watching the landscape gradually become emptier unti…