Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008 | Views [863] | Comments [3]
OK! Sorry for the delay with posting, finding a reliable internet cafe has been a bit difficult. The government firewall here in Syria makes it a bit difficult to connect to sites we want (including Facebook for some reason). The last time we wrote, ... Read more >
Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [907] | Comments [2]
So sorry we've been out of touch. A lot has been happening in regions sparse of Internet. Quick rundown... Oct 27th: Saw the pyramids and the sphinx. I even got to go inside one of the them! Very impressive. I have some awesome pictures because our ... Read more >
Tags: aswan, camel rides, feluccas, luxor, pyramids
Saturday, 1 Nov 2008 | Views [685]
OK! So looking at the last blog entry for where we left off... ah, the White Desert. Well, quite a lot has happened since then, so let's get to it before our time at the internet cafe runs out. I'll gloss over a bit, as I am going to try and cover ... Read more >
Tuesday, 28 Oct 2008 | Views [2324] | Comments [3]
Hello everyone from Aswan, Egypt's southern most city! But first, let me back up a few days... Oct 24th: Today, the four of us headed out to the White Desert! Monica, after watching the desert section of Planet Earth, booked us a tour with a seemingly ... Read more >
Tags: bahariya, black desert, white desert
Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Views [2313] | Comments [3]
Cairo is a loud, HUGE, rambuncticous, dirty, old, hustling, crowded (17.8 million people in the metropolitan area), amazing city. And we have fallen in love with this place.
First off, we are safe and sound after a harrowing taxi ride into the ... Read more >
Tags: cairo, egypt, market, minaret