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Day 10: Valley of the Kings, Luxor

November 25, 2010
On the roof of the Seti TempleOn our last full day in Egypt, we wanted to do something suitably epic.  It seemed appropriate then, to visit the burial place of the Pharoahs at the Valley of the Kings - it’s a place that just sounds dramatic.  We split...

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Day 9: West Bank, Luxor

November 22, 2010
 I have published two posts in one go - day 7/8 is belowHatshepsut Temple, LuxorLuxor is a strange city in Egyptian ...

Day 7-8: Bahariya, Cairo, Luxor and two journeys from hell

November 22, 2010
Danni and one of the Khozam familyAs the epic title suggests, the last few days have been fairly busy.  They also, due ...

Day 6: Bedouin Village and WW1 English Fort

November 19, 2010
Desert Safari Home - our hostel, with our room on the bottom floor It seems that somebody has fixed the keyboard and ...

Day 4-5: Bawiti, Bahariya Oasis

November 18, 2010
Bahariya Oasis on the horizonI am currently nursing an electricuted hand, courtesy of the hostel computer which ...

Day 3: Pyramids at Giza

November 16, 2010
I have just received a text from Ellie saying that there are two typos in the first paragraph of the first blog (found ...

Day 1-2: Egyptian Museum + Citadel, Cairo

November 16, 2010
Sorry for taking so long to update the blog - I am now in the Sahara Desert at the Bahariya Oasis, where the internet ...

Egypt 2010

November 03, 2010
A ten day whistle stop tour of Egypt, from to Ancient Egyptian sites at Cairo to Luxor to staying with a Bedouin ...

Inter Rail 2010

November 03, 2010
From Amsterdam to Venice by train, through 9 countries and over 1200 miles following the capital cities of Western and ...

Introduction

November 03, 2010
I don’t think that there is any way of starting this without sounding massively lame.  So I will go with the lamest ...

Hitchin, Great Britain. E-Day minus 10

November 03, 2010
It is now November and Overlord is long gone. For the last few months I have been restlessly working to earn money for ...