EGYPT | Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010 | Views [741]
Destination: Giza , Dashur & Saqqara Hired a taxi and driver (Hassan) to take us around with a nice couple we met at Indian Consulate. Much better than taking a tour. First stop, the Giza Necropolis on the Giza Plateau. The Sphinx and the ... Read more >
EGYPT | Sunday, 10 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Great Cairo - pollution, traffic, hassle, bargaining (even for a bottle of water), dudes in dresses. But wait, there's also - Coptic Cairo, Giza Zoo and Islamic Cairo!!!
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EGYPT | Saturday, 9 Oct 2010 | Views [1766]
Destination:
Egypt – Cairo – What are you staring at
me for? You're the dude in the dress!
We arrive in
Cairo in the morning, taxi to the hotel, bad hotel, stay anyway, too tired. We relax for a bit and walk around looking
for another ... Read more >
EGYPT | Thursday, 7 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Peace, tranquility and a step back in time
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EGYPT | Wednesday, 6 Oct 2010 | Views [526]
We book a
cruise on the Nile, 3 days/2 nights, 5 star boat, pick up from the hotel, all
mod cons on the boat and full board. Sounds pretty amazing? Well, it is. The
food is good, the room is nice, big and comfortable, the people on the cruise
are ... Read more >
EGYPT | Tuesday, 5 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Major archaeological sites - Luxor & Karnak Temples, Colossi of Memnon and Queen Hatshepsut Temple
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EGYPT | Monday, 4 Oct 2010 | Views [1446]
Destination:
Egypt – Luxor – From Senile (Sinai) to
Denial Click here for info on Luxor and places we visited....
Now a 17 hour bus
trip to Luxor. Enough to say it was “the
ride from hell”. After a 17 hour awful bus ride, stopping ... Read more >
EGYPT | Saturday, 25 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Red Sea seaside
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EGYPT | Friday, 24 Sep 2010 | Views [1034]
Destination:
Egypt – Dahab – I’ma so happy!
So, we leave
Israel, bus to the border, cross the border, do not get a full visa, just a
Sinai visa for 2 weeks. Will try the full on visa for Egypt later. Very long van ride from
the border to Dahab, ... Read more >
ISRAEL | Tuesday, 21 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Old City, Holy Sepulchre, Stations of the Cross, Wailing Wall, Al Aqsa Mosque, Garden Tomb, Olive Mount
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ISRAEL | Monday, 20 Sep 2010 | Views [529]
So, we end up staying in Amman for 5 days. The city is nice and the people very friendly. We walk around and find the very nice eateries. We leave in the morning for Israel. A taxi ride to the border, out of Jordan, a bus ride to Israeli immigration ... Read more >
JORDAN | Wednesday, 15 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Petra - one of 7 modern wonders of the world
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JORDAN | Tuesday, 14 Sep 2010 | Views [1841]
Jordan - Destination Amman
We take a taxi to the bus station,
a shared taxi to Syria and Amman (capital of Jordan). We spend the whole day in
the taxi with 2 other guys. We are out of Lebanon, into Syria, out of Syria and
into Jordan. The trip ... Read more >
LEBANON | Monday, 13 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
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LEBANON | Sunday, 12 Sep 2010 | Views [1087]
Lebanon - Destination Beirut –
the problem with high expectations…
We take a shared taxi to Beirut
and the trip is nice, the Lebanon visa is free for a month and we have high
expectations for the place. Off to a bad
start, the taxi driver ... Read more >
SYRIA | Friday, 10 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Old Damascus - Umayadd Mosque, Grand Souk, Azem Palace
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SYRIA | Thursday, 9 Sep 2010 | Views [1600]
Damascus – the Brazilian
connection…
We take a 3 hour (big and nice)
bus to Damascus, get here by lunchtime and check into an awful pretentious
little shitty get-me-outta-here backpackers hostel. They charge for the use of the internet and
for ... Read more >
SYRIA | Wednesday, 8 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
Amazing Byzantine ruins in desert Syria
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SYRIA | Tuesday, 7 Sep 2010 | Views [1002]
Palmyra – can we stay an extra
day, please?
Obviously, the bus becomes a
(really) mini-van, and here we go, squeezing in and slowly melting with 13
other people, all staring at us “very discreetly”, including a not so discreet
little girl and ... Read more >
SYRIA | Monday, 6 Sep 2010 | Photo Gallery
5th Century Crusader Castle in almost perfect condition
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