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February 13th 2009

Published: February 16th 2009

My experience of Africa is limited to two previous visits. The first was to Nigeria back in the early '70s. Photos in the family archives show a smiling, blond-haired boy clad in a grubby T-shirt and naked from the waist down. Unfortunately the blond hair darkened long ago. Fortunately I now tend to wear trousers in public. I remember nothing of Nigeria, the six months that we spent there pre... Read Full Entry

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John McCabe

Jabe

I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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Egyptian Museum

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Egyptian Museum

Guns, germs, and stele

Well, 2 out of 3 isn't bad Egyptian Museum

Egyptian Museum

Chocofest

Can't believe I missed this by only a year and 3 months

Tempting

Stuffed pigeon freak

Statue

Memphis

Step Pyramid of Zoser

As modelled by Amir, my guide (front left) Sakkara

Rubbish bin

Or a 4,500 year old false door, depending on how you look at it Sakkara

Hieroglyphics

Sakkara

Pyramid of Khufu

Giza

Pyramid of Khufu

Giza

Pyramids of Khufu and Khafre

Giza

Pyramid of Khafre and Cairo

Camel rider waiting for custom

Giza

Pissed on

Well if it's survived Napoleon, the British Army and Mother Nature, what harm can a stream of urine do? Giza

Giza

Giza

Giza

Railway station

17th February 2009

peg
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Amazing !!!
it's one of my dreams to go to africa and have a ride on camel. it's so cool. also to know more about a different culture is interesting as well.

19th February 2009

Carolyn Taylor
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Good to hear from you again
Dear Jabe, So good to hear form you again in another part of the world. As usual your writing is so clear and i can visualize everything you are writing about. And the pictures..... wonderful. Carolyn in Vietnam

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