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The International Journal of Sport and Leisure (Some sport. Some leisure. Also, schistosomiasis.) |
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Recent Entries
* Birthday Bonanza
* Leaving Luxor * McDetox Days * Karnak the Magnificent * Tea and Cakes and Isis * Nubia Night on the Nile * Ozymandias Mania * Khan Al-Khalili and the Night Train to Nubia (Part 2 of 2) * Khan Al-Khalili and the Night Train to Nubia (Part 1 of 2) * Ancient Egypt Overload * The 100,000 Camel Pyramids * Nungwi to Nairobi to Khartoum to Cairo * Zanzibar Time (Part II of II: Nungwi)
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May 29, 2005Birthday BonanzaCairo, Egypt Sunday, May 29 to Tuesday, June 1, 2005: Sunday was my birthday and I was determined to spend it in style or, if that failed, spend it spending some money. Coming up on the train early that morning...Read this update May 28, 2005Leaving LuxorLuxor, Egypt Saturday, May 28, 2005: In short, I took a day tour of Luxor's west bank including the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, Colossi of Memnon and the Temple of Hatshepsut. There are plenty of other...Read this update May 27, 2005McDetox DaysLuxor, Egypt Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27, 2005: On Thursday KC and I checked right the hell out of the Luxor Wena Hotel and headed down a series of narrow winding alleys into the local Egyptian streets of...Read this update May 25, 2005Karnak the MagnificentLuxor, Egypt Wednesday, May 25, 2005: Before visiting the massive temple complex of Karnak, I made a couple of semi-psychic predictions that would awe and impress. Meeting KC in the crumbling husk of the Wena Luxor Hotel's gigantic main lobby,...Read this update May 24, 2005Tea and Cakes and IsisAswan, Egypt Tuesday, May 24, 2005: I was hungover when I got up at 10:00. KC was feeling worse, however. Her unspecified medical problem was unspecifically unimproved. "I might need to go to a hospital," she told me. I doubted...Read this update May 23, 2005Nubia Night on the NileAswan, Egypt Monday (evening), May 23, 2005: Right. So. Ahem. While at the Temples of Ramses at Abu Simbel KC came down with a rather unpleasant medical problem of sorts. Since it would be somewhat cruel and embarassing to say...Read this update Ozymandias ManiaAswan and Abu Simbel, Egypt Monday, May 23, 2005: Lets begin with a little 19th Century poetry: "I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them...Read this update May 22, 2005Khan Al-Khalili and the Night Train to Nubia (Part 2 of 2)Cairo and Aswan, Egypt Saturday, May 21 to Sunday, May 22, 2005: The "Wagon-Lit Sleeper" train from Cairo to Aswan is not too shabby at all. For $52 you get a space in a double room with spacious seats that...Read this update Khan Al-Khalili and the Night Train to Nubia (Part 1 of 2)Cairo and Aswan, Egypt Saturday, May 21 to Sunday, May 22, 2005: Saturday morning was spent running errands. After packing our bags and leaving them with the manager at the Berlin Hotel (who continuously asked about Mohamed and whether we...Read this update May 20, 2005Ancient Egypt OverloadCairo, Egypt Friday, May 20, 2005: If you spent 1 minute looking at each piece in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo you would spend about 9 months there. You would also be a really big loser. KC and I reached...Read this update May 19, 2005The 100,000 Camel PyramidsCairo, Egypt Thurday, May 19, 2005: So: The Pyramids. The Great Pyramids of Giza. They're big... Really big. And old... Really old. And while most of you probably already know this --- unless you're spectacularly stupid, of course (hey Jimmy!)...Read this update May 18, 2005Nungwi to Nairobi to Khartoum to CairoZanzibar, Tanzania to Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, May 18, 2005: After a final night out at the bars with the Spanish and a couple of Italians, KC and I woke up at 4 AM and caught a 5 AM taxi to...Read this update May 17, 2005Zanzibar Time (Part II of II: Nungwi)Nungwi, Zanzibar Friday, April 29 to Tuesday, May 17, 2005: In General On Friday morning I took a shared minivan up to Nungwi on the northern-most tip of the island. A small, tranquil village of thatched-roof huts situated on pristine...Read this update |
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