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Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab November 30th 2010

So this is the plan for India. For starters, I chose India for several reasons. I think it is going to be the Asian superpower of the 21st century. Over the next thirty years India is going to add up to 300 million workers to the international workforce, that combined with dropping birth rates should mean what economists refer to as a “population dividend,” a situation where there is a huge influx of workers who have a decreased amount of dependents which leads to increased standards of living and disposable income (think baby-boomers in the US). Compare this to China which has the 4-2-1 effect of 4 grandparents, 2 parents, 1 child. By 2050 China will have as many pensioners as workers---in other words China has already peaked, and they are still poor. India is on ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab November 25th 2010

I'm in the 'backpackers paradise' town of Dahab, a little ways north of Sharm el Sheikh on the east coast of the Sinai. It's a very cute town with a seaside stroll about a kilometre long which has endless restaurants/bars/sheesha joints hanging on the oceanside and hotels/dive shops/tourist shops on the land side. It's sooo layed back, the sun is endless and the sinai mountains create a pretty funky backdrop. There are sooooo many dive outfits here it's rediculous, I just went with the one in the hostel i'm staying in which by the way is $4 a night to stay at. The cook at the restaurant there always has a cool dinner going, think tonight is shark steaks, and charges unbeatable prices for the budget minded travellers staying at the hostel. I did a warm ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab October 31st 2010

My dad, brother, and I took off the next morning for Luxor via the train. The journey was approximately three hours down the Nile. We arrived at the train station to overaggressive locals bombarding us with taxi offers as soon as we stepped foot outside. We grabbed a taxi and headed to Emilio hotel, which ended up being a great deal. It was a nice 3 star hotel with a rooftop pool that we used quite a bit, as the temperature was around 110 the whole time we were there. Luxor used to be called Thebes, and was the ancient Pharaoh capital city. After we checked into the hotel, we proceeded to the Luxor museum, which included the Mummy of a Pharaoh that had been in a museum at Niagra Falls for 140 years, until someone ... read more
Luxor Temple
Jer in Luxor
Mosque on Luxor

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab October 31st 2010

Endlich ist es soweit. Abflug nach Ägypten... es kann losgehen. Alles ist gepackt und ich habe es geschafft mit Tauchtasche und Kleider das max Gewicht von 20Kg nicht zu überschreiten, der neuen Ausrüstung sei Dank :-) Die komplette 1. Stufe nehme ich im Handgepäck mit. Am Abend um 21:05 startete das Boarding und um 21:40 erfolgte der Take Off. Ohne nennenswerter Hüpfer (Turbulenzen) landeten unser Flug um 01:45 in Sharm el Sheikh. Die Einreiseabwicklung (Visa und Immigration) dauerte nicht lange. (Die Geldwechselstube wäre offen gewesen, von dem her brauche ich das nächste Mal keinen teuren Visa Voucher über das Reisebüro zu beziehen. Nun musste ich nur noch meine Tauchtasche finden und dann ab auf den Bus. Das Gepäck kam nicht wie angeschrieben auf dem korrekten Baggage Claim, aber irgendwann sah ich dann die Tasche auf dem ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab October 30th 2010

Kefhaala? Meya Meya! I am at the diver's haven in Dahab! This is where travellers come to dive at the red sea. It's beautiful here. Excellent dives for a cheap price, just my thing! The town is relaxed during the day time and bumping during the night time. This is where lots of Bedouins reside so the lifestyle here is really chill. The Bedouin people that I have met here are the most friendly and honest group of people I've ever encountered. Oh, and let's not forget, they cook the most amazing food! Fresh seafood and shish kebab everyday! Mmmm delicious... hehe, I'm a happy foodie! Food Is My Joy Ever since I could remember, I’ve been a fatty. My first Mandarin words were 好吃(Hao Chr) meaning delicious. And my first Taiwanese words were Jia Bung, ... read more
Delicious Tarb
Seafod freshness!
Shish Kebab in Pita

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab October 8th 2010

Bald ist es soweit. Am 30. Oktober geht es für zwei Wochen nach Dahab. In der ersten Woche werde ich den Rescue Divers Kurs absolvieren, was ich eigentlich schon in den letzten Jahren einmal machen wollte. In diesen Ferien ist es jedoch ideal, da ich in der ersten Woche alleine reisen werde. Freue mich schon jetzt auf die Ferien und speziell auf das Tauchen.... Dann also bis bald mit mehr Infos und Fotos von dieser Reise.... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab August 5th 2010

I'll start this entry off by warning that there is no way that my writing skills or these photos will do the Red Sea justice. If you have any interest in marine life, the Red Sea is absoultely unbeatable. From Luxor, we flew into Cairo, and then caught a long overnight bus to Sharm el-Sheik. Along the bus ride, we passed through a tunnel that went under the Suez Canal, which was kind of neat. Unfortunately we never got to see the canal, but it was still cool being under it. We got into Sharm, which is at the very southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, late in the afternoon and then took a bus into town. Sharm is a big tourist destination for wealthy travelers from around the word, so it was difficult to find ... read more
The other side of the cove
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Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab July 17th 2010

This morning we woke up at a decent hour and made our way to St. Catherine's cathedral at the base of Mt. Sinai. Yesterday we walked right past the cathedral on out way to the summit, but visitors are only allowed in between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 noon. We arrived at the cathedral around 9:30 am, so it was already packed. On out way into the cathedral, two people from our group were denied entry because their shorts didn't fully cover their knees: Mike and Mark. Luckily, two of the girls kindly donated sarongs to the cause and after donning them, Mike and Mark were allowed inside the Monastery's walls.  The monastery is actually quite small and the visitor area is only a small portion of that. We were able to enter the ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab June 27th 2010

During our cruise, we still hadn’t planned the remaining four days of our vacation in Egypt. We decided to head to the Sinai Peninsula for some relaxing on the beaches of the Red Sea. We stayed at the Hilton Sharm Waterfalls, located right on the beach. Alex enjoyed his first morning of not setting an alarm, and we snorkeled on the reef next to the hotel. For the next two nights, we headed into Na’ama Bay, a very touristy outdoor pedestrian thoroughfare. There were hundreds of souvenir shops and restaurants. We chose TGI Fridays both nights because they had a seriously awesome drinks list and a non-smoking section (very rare and elusive in Egypt). During our last day, we went out on a glass bottom boat ride to see some amazing sea life (see video), and ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab June 19th 2010

Hey, das ist ok, kein Fleisch, alles Leber! Shares Cousin hat uns in Luxor abgeholt, dann zu seinem Haus gebracht. Mitten in Luxor ein kleines vierzimmeriges Appartment. Cate und ich haben als Gaeste das Zimmer mit den zwei Betten und der Klimaanlage bekommen. Die Familie schlaeft mit den zwei Jungs im naechsten Raum. Wir fuehlen uns wahnsinnig wohl und Warda und Ahmed sind das herzlichste und gastfreundlichste Paar ueberhaupt. Wir werden jeden Tag massenhaft bekocht (Heute Fruehstueck frischer Fisch aus dem Nil, geroestet und Zwiebelreis mit Limetten und Seegras, mmmmh!) und man ist sehr pikiert wenn wir nichts Essen. Wie zum Beispiel gestern, als es ein Riessen Teller fuer Cate und mich mit obskurem Fleisch gab. Ich hab also an den Tomaten genibbelt und Ahmed hat besorgt gefragt, warum ich denn kein Fleisch essen. Ich habe ... read more
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