Egypt travel stories

Egypt: Cairo to Aswan (1 February 2002)

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 view of the Pyramids is to be had from the tacky...

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Final Middle Eastern report: Amman to Cairo (14 January 2002)

Surely this cannot go on. I left home to cycle around the world. I was expecting a physical grilling, to be frozen and burnt, tired and sick, lonely and afraid. But the reality is so different. The...

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Days 22 & 23. Sat 4th & Sun 5th October Cairo revisited. Homeward bound.

The last day in Egypt. We are free to do what we want, but two optional excursions are on offer - Saqqara and Dahshur in the morning and "Islamic Cairo" in the afternoon. In the end I decide to do ...

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Day 21. Fri 3rd October Bahariyya Oasis. Cairo.

After breakfast of pitta bread with cheese and jam, we strike camp, bump-start the wayward jeep, and return to the road and our coach. We also say goodbye to Abdul, our tame policeman, which is pro...

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Day 20. Thu 2nd October Farafra Oasis

We get a lie in until eight o'clock, but most of us are up well before this. After breakfast Saleh takes us for a walk to the town, where it is market day.We buy grapes, guava and sweet potatoe...

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