EGYPT | Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008 | Views [812] | 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 >
EGYPT | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [884] | 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
EGYPT | Saturday, 1 Nov 2008 | Views [669]
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 >
EGYPT | Tuesday, 28 Oct 2008 | Views [2277] | 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
EGYPT | Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 | Views [2286] | 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
GREECE | Monday, 20 Oct 2008 | Views [726] | Comments [3]
Just a quick update... After surviving a Florida-like torrential downpour that partially flooded the streets of Athens, we are back at our hostel waiting for our flight tomorrow to Cairo. The last few days have been nothing short of relaxing, with ... Read more >
GREECE | Thursday, 16 Oct 2008 | Views [4584] | Comments [1]
So after a power outage at the internet cafe killed the first draft of this entry, here we go again! On
our second day in Athens, we did all of the "touristy" things, such as
visiting the Acropolis/Parthenon, the Temple of Zeus, the ... Read more >
Tags: athens, beach, bungalow, greece, nafplio, tolo
GREECE | Tuesday, 14 Oct 2008 | Views [556] | Comments [5]
After nearly 2 days of travel, Marshall and I are finally in Greece! We've been cruising/pedxing the fashionable streets of Athens looking at all the old stuff, stuffing our faces with gyros, and attempting to pet all the feral kitties (kidding--no ... Read more >
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