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Africa » Egypt » Red Sea » Sharm el-Sheikh July 14th 2002

Beach Holiday in Egypt (Sharm El Sheikh) For our second holiday together we went to sunny and hot Egypt. More precisely to Sharm El Sheikh in the Sinaï region. We stayed 2 weeks in hotel Holiday Inn****. From there we made some trips in the Sinaï region. The rest of our time we relaxed at the beach or at 1 of the 4 huge pools. In front of the hotel there was a private "hotel"-reef where we could snorkel all day long! The reef was really superb!! All kinds of fishes with all kinds of colours you can imagine. Our hotel was in Shark Bay, between the airport and Naama Bay. Naama Bay is the main tourist resort of Sharm El Sheikh, with lots of shops, bars and restaurants. There is even a Hard Rock Café! ... read more
Naama Bay
Monastry of Saint Catherine
Coloured Canyon

Africa » Egypt May 1st 2002

Four countries in 2 weeks make a lot of material for this update. On April 14th, after 51 days of rice, I finally left Asia for Egypt, but not before relaxing for 4 days in the South of Thailand and making my way via Malaysia to Singapore. Watch my Thailand/Malaysia/Singapore VideoBlog ! A FEW DAYS OF ISLAND R&R I chose Koh Lanta, a relatively little known island just across from Kho Phi Phi where "The Beach" was filmed. Its mostly deserted beaches have "Chunks Ahoy" rocks baked into cookie coloured sand. The water temperature was a spa-like 34 degrees C - soothing if not refreshing. I did a bit of swimming, some reading and quite a lot of pacing up and down the beach. What you rent here is called a bungalow but that can mean ... read more
Koh Lanta, Thailand
Koh Lanta, Thailand
Koh Lanta

Africa » Egypt January 12th 2002

Africa » Egypt October 18th 2001

Salaam, from the sunny coastline of Alexandria on the Mediterranean Coast. It has been a busy couple of weeks since I wrote last. Since then I have visited the Valley of the Kings; rode donkeys, camels and horses (got thrown off one!); sailed down the Nile; walked up and down Mt. Sinai; relaxed on the beaches of the Red Sea; snorkeled over coral; did a 45m reverse bungy jump in Sham el Sheikh in Sinai; went to an Oasis 160 miles in the western desert and am now relaxing in Alexandria for the next two days before I take a bus back to Cairo Saturday morning for my flight to Bombay. I will be in India for the next 7 days before I fly to Katmandu. I am not sure when I will write next, because ... read more
20 miles away is libya if you look in the right hand side real close you can see momar khadafy
Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel - Amazing!

Africa » Egypt September 30th 2001

Hi everyone, quick note to say there are new pics of the pyramids at Giza. No words can describe the pyramids and my few pictures do not do them justice. Can't say much because I am running a little late to catch the train to Aswan. I will be back in Cairo a week from tomorrow and will try e-mail new pics. Take care, Joel... read more
One of the Seven Wonders of the World, The Great Pyramid of Khafu
The Great Pyramid and Wonder of the World
The Sphinx and The Great Pyramid of Khafu

Africa » Egypt September 29th 2001

Salaam Ala Coomb, (for the non-Arabs, Hello) from the extremely hot jewel of the Nile - Cairo. I am certainly not in Kansas anymore, Toto. I arrived in Egypt Thursday night at 11:30 pm. I guess there is not a lot of people wanting to fly these days, especially to the Middle East. I flew on a Boeing 777, that usually carries 250-300 people. There was maybe 20 passengers on board. I wasn't sure what to expect when I got off the plane in Cairo, other than it was going to be hot. Sure enough it was hot (low to mid 20's at midnight). Lots of guards toting sub machine guns and locals wanting you to buy something or use their taxi. For you people who think I drive alittle fast or maybe alittle extreme at ... read more
Nile River in Cairo

Africa » Egypt » Sinai July 11th 2001

On the way to the Sinai, we stopped by the memorial for the President who was killed while making a speech for the Unknown Soldier. Going through the Suez Canal was pretty funny. It looked as though all of the ships were sailing over the sand. We found a nice little Oasis too, which we stopped in for a little while. It looked deserted, and as soon as we stepped off the bus, we were surrounded by little kids. They were so cute.... We stayed in a dorm style hotel, surrounded by the mountains of the Sinai. The pool was in the shape of a cross, and all of the rooms were same sex dorms. I liked it there, as it was a little different from the accommodation we had experienced on the trip so far. ... read more
Children in the Sinai
Walking down Mt Sinai
Mt Sinai

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor July 10th 2001

We got another early wake up call. This time it was 5am. We crossed The Nile, and got fitted to our donkey's on the other side. The took us to The Valley of the Kings. The donkey ride was by far the best thing I have done whilst being in Egypt. I couldn't get the smile off my face. The Valley of the Kings was really big. Quite hard to walk around I found, as by 9.30am, it was so hot that we had all consumed a large amount of water each. We climbed up the side of a mountain to get a nice view, and met the donkey's at the top. After walking our donkey's along the top of the mountain for a while, we got a nice view of Queen Hatseheptsut's Temple. I wanted ... read more
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Queen Hatsheptsut's Temple
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Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Aswan July 7th 2001

The night train was pretty good. It was clean, so I was happy. I slept for most of the trip though. In Aswan, the hotel was right next to the bazaar, so it was nice to do a little shopping. In Aswan, we went to the Nubian Museum. I didnt find it too interesting, but then again, I just wanted to go out and see all of the temples. Our taxi driver was late in picking us up too, so it wasn't much fun roasting up in mid summer sun. We visited the Philae Temple. We had to get a little boat out to the island that Philae is on, so it was kind of relaxing. We were the only tourists there for a while (the perks of travelling through the summer).... I loved this temple. ... read more
Philae Temple
Philae
Philae

Africa » Egypt » Mediterranean » Alexandria July 3rd 2001

We took a day trip to Alexandria. It was really nice up there. The drive up there was pretty enjoyable too. Anyways, in Alexandria we went along the Cormche and then looked at a palace called El-Muntaza. We also took a look at an aquarium and Fort Wait Bay, which was being reconstructed with some of its original pieces. We then drove along past the huge Alexandria Library, and made our way to the Catacombs at Kom El-Shogafa. For dinner, we had Pizza Hut. I was so happy to be eating something familiar to me. I love Pizza so much, so I was one happy person. But I do admit I need to steer clear of the junk food, and try something local. We went for a walk along the Nile as the sun was setting ... read more
Me In Alexandria
The Fort
The Catacombs




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