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These Old Mango Shoes Feel Like Dancing

Friday, March 28th, 2008

dean-030.jpgWe eventually made it to Luxor after a 5 hr ride in a tinytaxi with a driver who, by the look on his face once in Luxor, and white panicky-horse eyes, he may have never driven outside his hometown let alone an unfamiliar city of 500,000 people. [read on]

Black and White Deserts: Living in Harmony

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

dean-259.jpgInstead of backtracking through Alexandria and Cairo we decided to take the aptly named Desert Road, 420 km across, you guessed it, the desert, to Bahariya Oasis. [read on]

Donkeys and Deserts

Sunday, March 16th, 2008
siwa-005.jpgFrom Cairo we took a comfortable train to Alexandria, Egypt's 2nd largest city, which sits right on the Mediterranean. We only stopped for one night: nice corniche along the water, checked out Fort Qaitbey ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cairo: Land of the Gods

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Or does it actually translate to "Land of the Smoke-Belching Ladas"? Sure, it's easy to bash Cairo because, let's face it, the place isn't exactly the definition of a model city. Traffic, people, smog, people, noise, people, etc. etc. But its volume of sights and ... [Continue reading this entry]