Blogs from Africa - page 3345

Bah voila, c deja fini... bouh, putain c passe vite! Juste un dernier tit message a tout le monde pour vous dire qu'on a quand meme decide de rentrer... eh oui, les baked beans nous manquent, et surtout le beau soleil de Grande Bretagne... Donc on met les voiles, y'en a marre de trainer dans les rues de Stone Town, marre du soleil ki bronze pas mais ki brule, marre de la vie a 2 a l'heure etc... Donc on rentre pour retrouver not' tit train train quotidien!!! Bref, on en a bien profite, que du bonheur, ct tres bien Bisous a tutti Kwa heri Les Anglais... read more

Bon bah voili voila... finie la vie de celibataire... on est maries, youpi!!! Ct bien, tout plein de fleurs autour de nous, avec comme paysage, les cocotiers, le ciel bleu (quoiqu'il a quand meme plus juste avant... bah vi, on allait pas loupe le fameux 'mariage pluvieux, mariage heureux' bien de chez nous';-) ), la chaleur et le champagne... bref, ct bien, on a plein de photos, prises par un tit photographe du coin ;-) et on a meme filme, pour que vous le viviez "en live" Sinon lezarder sur la plage c termine... pouh, ct dur dur, jvous l'dis! Le soleil, les 30degres, les cocotiers, le snorkelling et la mer turquoise, vivement le boulot!!!! Aujourd'hui nous sommes de retour a Stone Town, pour nos derniers 2 jours 1/2... bouh, que ca passe vite. Aujourd'hui c ... read more

Our river tour came to an end at Luxor. Really cool lighting for our tour. We got there before sunset and left after dark. Best time. Pics tell all. ... read more

As we were finishing up our Arabic Language course, we had the option of adding on a Nile cruise for $130. At this price, why not? The cruise was from the southern city of Aswan to the Ancient Egyptian city of Luxor. We took an overnight train from Cairo down to Aswan. We were in first class so it was not too bad, but upon arrival, I had the feeling reminiscent of a good long trans-oceanic flight. Once we all got used to the idea of having traveled south for half a day and now being in ‘upper Egypt’, we started to savor being in a really really hot part of the country. The savoring lasted for about 5 minutes, after which we initiated an ongoing mission of finding ways to avoid the sun. I will ... read more

Cairo: Impressions after a few weeks Now that the orientation portion of our stay is over, I am in a better position to evaluate our surroundings. I can now go to a different part of the city and NOT get lost, which is always a plus. My Arabic abilities, while pathetic, are up to the standard of negotiating cab fair before the trip, thus cutting the cost of traveling by taxi by about 75%. As I have mentioned before, traveling by taxi costs as much as the driver thinks you will pay. Proving that you have been here a while shows him that you know approximately how much a ride should cost, and his fare is adjusted accordingly. Whenever my whole group travels together, we have the privileged of tourist police escort. After the ’98 attacks ... read more