Egypt?! What Was I THINKING?!
I was less than sanguine about returning to Dahab. Sure, I love Dahab. And as a quiet, beautiful, cost-effective place in which to work with...
I was less than sanguine about returning to Dahab. Sure, I love Dahab. And as a quiet, beautiful, cost-effective place in which to work with...
We were supposed to have left Egypt a while ago, but we have overstayed, and overstayed, and overstayed, because, frustrating and downright irritating as it...
Egypt / Places / Travel Advice
by Theodora · Published April 10, 2012 · Last modified September 14, 2012
Now, it is easy to whinge about Cairo – and, lord knows, I have! Frankly, as a visibly foreign female visitor, tourist Cairo makes the...
Cairo is a city of many wonders, endless fascination and, frankly, more than its fair share of hassles. I have met some wonderful Cairenes, and...
One of the things my son and I try to do, as we travel the world, is to celebrate occasions we would celebrate in the...
We screech to a halt in heavy traffic – a car has accelerated across our path. A overtakes the other driver, blocks him in, and...
The tranquillity of Ahmed Ibn Tulun mosque came as a welcome relief from a city about which, if I’m honest, both of us have profoundly...
The Pyramids are on almost everyone’s travel bucket list, and, with tourist numbers low after the Revolution and Cairo still relatively safe, now is an...