Originally built in 1274BC, Re-discovered as just a head poking out of the Saharan sand in 1813, Shifted up the hill block by block in 1964 to make way for Lake Nasser.
Unanticipated Bonuses While on a Quest for Sun May 29th 2010 I know that the 2009/2010 winter was particularly harsh for pretty much all of the northern hemisphere, so I’m not expecting great pity, but in Slovenia it was really long and really cold. I would pass the Abanka building on Slovenska cesta most mornings at 6am and the temperature was often as low as -14C. I appreciate that other places get colder but I have spent the last few winters in South ... read more
Africa » Egypt The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more
When I started this blog in 2007, it was more of a highlights package of trips generally focusing on one place or aspect. My rule had been one blog per country unless I lived there, but I eventually realised that fewer blogs were appearing. Having got around quite a bit, I'm now revisiting many countries. It's getting trickier to get to completely new countries so I might break that rule on occasion. The PhD fortunately didn't curtail travelling with research in sub-Saharan Africa and India as well as the chance to attend conferences with a sneaky bit of travelling tacked on before or after th... full info