Cycling with the Police in Egypt (2 of 2)
We still wanted to bike along that father of all rivers, the Nile. We longed to experience the ancient life of the fellaheen and watch them working as they had done for thousands of years. We wanted to stop in the villages, drink tea and play backgammon. How could we get to eat from stalls at
Cairo to Istanbul in a G-string #1
Cairo to Istanbul in a G-string
100 camels and 2 kilos of bananas: you marry me?
One week in Egypt and I didn’t have to spit on anyone yet. Cairo is not the hell hole everyone says it is and Egyptian men are really not as sleazy as their reputation has it. I actually find most of their c
Travels With Nate #4: Cairo, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
October 4th
This morning was supposed to start with the Pyramids at sunrise. The girls were going to wake me at 5am and together (plus a new guy from Tasmania) we were going to see the sun come up over the pyramids. Now neither the Tasmanian guy (his name is Lyndon, I think) nor I
Travels With Nate #3: Athens – Cairo – Aswan – Edfu – Luxor and everywhere in between!
Athens – Cairo – Aswan – Edfu – Luxor and everywhere in between!
I would like to thank all my friends and family who have sent concerned e-mails about everything that has been going on in Afghanistan. Everything is fine. The mood has changed since the bombing campaign s
Travels With Nate #5: Aswan, Egypt
Aswan, Egypt
October 6th
Hello from Aswan Egypt.
Yeah yeah, I know, what am I doing hundreds of miles south of Cairo? Well, on Friday we decided to come down here to get a falucca to Luxor. Faluccas are those cool Egyptian sail boats you see in all the old movies and stuff. Nate really liked t
Travels With Nate #6:Aswan to Luxor, Egypt, Africa
Aswan to Luxor, Egypt
October 10th
Sunday was just another chill type day. Lyndon and I found a really good falucca captain to take us to Luxor. If you are ever wanting to go falucca-ing then the Jamaca family is the company to go with.
We also had to move hotels as the guy who sold us the ho
Travels With Nate #7: Luxor – Dahab – Nuweiba (town of doom) – Aquaba, Jordan
Luxor – Dahab – Nuweiba (town of doom) – Aquaba, Jordan
October 13th
I am better. YAY!!! I have to apologize about the abruptness of my last set of updates. I was very sick and needed to get caught up. Also the internet connection in town was not very good and the power went
Travels With Nate #8: Luxor – Dahab – Nuweiba (town of doom) – Aquba, Jordan
Luxor – Dahab – Nuweiba (town of doom) – Aquba, Jordan
October 15th
Dahab is cool!!!
There ya go… I don’t think I need to say all that much more. We arrived yesterday morning very, very tired (we were stopped every 2 hours and were woken up to show passports!) and
Shadow Lines – Dahab, Egypt
Shadow Lines
Dahab, Egypt
Author’s Note
The views contained in this jolly little article are my own and are based on my own firsthand experiences. If you find them disturbing or upsetting then I apologise in advance – it’s just the way I am.
It was early January 2002
Shadow Lines – Cairo, Egypt
Shadow Lines, Part II (6 of 10)
Cairo, Egypt
We finally arrived at the suburban bus station, close to midnight, and by the time the driver had pried open the doors (a tricky exercise involving a tire jack, a small Philip’s screwdriver and a tin of peaches) a motley collection
Searching for Something #8: A Woman in Cairo – Cairo, Egypt
8: A Woman in Cairo
23 Mar 2002
Travelling alone has truly been interesting. In Turkey, I felt that I was more friendly and outgoing. I met a couple of really nice carpet sellers, who to their credit didn’t once try to feed me a sales pitch. We sat and chatted for hours and hours, and I
Sinai Sunrise – Egypt
Sinai Sunrise
Egypt
Essential for a top trip, in my opinion, is a combination of rich culture, history and fun. For this reason, Egypt was the perfect location for my adventures last year. With only 16 days and a strong determination to cover as much of the country as possible, whilst still fi
Diving in Sharm el Sheikh – Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
Diving in Sharm el Sheikh
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
It was the 10th of August, 2001 and my nephew, David, and myself had decided to book a diving holiday in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, for two weeks in October. David has dived for a few years now and I learnt to every day for information but nothing
Illegal Hospitality (2 of 2)- Alexandria & Ben Suef, Egypt
Illegal Hospitality (2 of 2)
Alexandria & Beni Suef, Egypt
Abu Sa’ud – Rasha’s father – had his youngest daughter Heba fix me a quick meal of canned tuna and whole wheat flat bread which I gobbled down in minutes. Abu Sa’ud sat across from me in a white turban a
Illegal Hospitality (1 of 2)- Alexandria & Ben Suef, Egypt
Illegal Hospitality (1 of 2)
Alexandria & Beni Suef, Egypt
“Hey woman! Where you go?” a boy yelled out behind me. As I had learned to do with the multitudes of inquisitive street boys in Egypt, I ignored him and walked on. Determined to get my attention, he ran and caught up wit
The Art of Bartering – Egypt
The Art of Bartering
Egypt
Some of my latest bargaining adventures have included trading the shirt off my back in exchange for a new one, with a pair of sunglasses thrown in, while in Thailand; trading my friend, Holly, for a fleet of Egyptian camels; and purchasing seven exquisite Moroccan car
Round The World by Bike: Aswan, Egypt to Khartoum, Sudan (1 March 2002)
Aswan, Egypt to Khartoum, Sudan(1st March 2002)
“Never forget where you’ve come here from”
– Take That
Deciding to cycle round the world was a decision prompted by heady notions of adventure, challenge and self-discovery. Five months on the road had quickly rotted those
Round The World by Bike: Egypt: Cairo to Aswan (1 February 2002)
Egypt: Cairo to Aswan (1 February 2002)
“If you were to die right now, how would you feel about your life?”
– Fight Club
Motorway fly-overs brush second floor bedroom windows, the living compete
with the dead for real estate amongst the city’s cemeteries and a fine vie
Round The World by Bike: Amman to Cairo: (14 January 2002)
Final Middle Eastern report: Amman to Cairo (14 January 2002)
Hard Times in Amman! An invite to the British Ball at the Sheraton Hotel and a disappointed British Ambassador: my Christmas party schedule was simply too full to fit in his kind invitation to dinner. Merry Making and Calorie Crammi
Egypt: Tales of the Unexpected, Part II – Cairo, Egypt, Africa
Take me to the Airport for a Hamster
I was quite tired from being on the bus to Cairo most of the evening. In
fact I’d been attempting to get to Cairo most of the day, having been
denied access to an earlier bus in Sharm El Sheik. There was a two hour
to wait until the next bus, which of
