Arrived in Aswan this morning.. I am taking the same train that i took overnight from Cairo - Luxor.. now i'm taking the next leg.. Train is supposed to leave at 7am, but arrived only at 830am.. well, not too bad already i guess... when i took the train to Luxor, it arrived only at 10am.. hah.. 2nd class train ticket from Luxor to Aswan cost 16LE for students.. and about double that for adults.. it takes 3 hrs (by right).. and it took 3.5hrs to do that this morning.. Arrived in Aswan about 12 noon.. Checked out the Nubian Oasis Hotel, not too bad.. but not much amenities around.. managed to get the price down to 15LE/night.. but decided to try out the Hathor Hotel that german guy recommended.. walked pretty far.. finally arrived.. ... read more

Overall, Giza did not give me a very good impression.. in fact.. i quite dislike the place.. maybe becos of all those hassling.. Mark Twain (i think.. not big on details, remember?) once said something like Giza's hassling for baksheesh or business causes suffering that no pen can write.. (in his better literary proses of course.. not big on details.. remember? =) by the time u get to the pyramids.. you are quite tired already.. ok, remember how i entered into the mummy's display from the exit? I think i've developed quite a knack for it.. I did it again! I entered the pyramid grounds from the sphinx side.. well, that's where my driver dropped me off.. so i walked in the pyramid direction.. went past some guards, they didn't stop me.. and i was ... read more

Woot.. early morning surfing.. and why not.. blogging.. haha.. Going to take a walk by the Nile now.. and then to Giza and region later.. Just placed my backpack into the locker room of this hotel.. Saw a few other packs there.. tried lifting them.. and woohoo! Those are so much heavier than mine.. feels so much better now.. haha.. I'm not a kiasu packer! Ok.. maybe i'm just blogging in the morning for the sake of blogging in the morning.. haha.. going off now.. ciao babes... read more

ok.. my previous entry was a bit long.. haha.. maybe should have some kind of structure.. let's try.. WEATHER Forgot to talk about the Cairo weather yesterday.. The weather was actually pretty cold when i touched down in the morning, about 22deg.. it gets warmer as the day goes on, to about maybe 28-30 at noon.. and drops back down at night.. the climate is of course dry.. no sweat.. great! It actually rained for about 5mins this morning while i was in the Sudan Embassy! i was worried it'll rain the whole day.. then i remembered rain here is not like Singapore.. heh.. Overall ok lah.. can still go out in t-shirts.. but i brought my fleece out as well, in case need to stay out late.. today actually quite cold at night.. maybe ... read more

woah.. less than 6 hours away and i'll be on the bird heading for Cairo... actually didn't feel any excitement about the trip until only last night, when i realized.. it's my last night in a comfy air-con bed!! haha.. Just finished packing everything.. have attached my final gear here.. seems to be an awful lots of things.. but i reviewed my barang-barange twice.. in the end only took out a tube of deepheat and calamine lotion for mosquito bites.. why need all these? when i have the all-powered tiger balm oil! headache put head, stomachache put stomach, hand pain put hand, mosquito bite also can put, nauseaus also can put near nose.. but ok lah.. i think my backpack looks damn tall cos of the tripod i've to squeeze inside.. had been thinking hard whether ... read more