Yet another sunny day to end the holiday. Another sumptuous breakfast of, yogurt, honey bread jam and plenty of fresh veg. And of course 2 strong Turkish coffees. The rest of the morning and early afternoon was spent lazing around the hotel, writing up the blog and sorting out photographs, with the odd Turkish coffee, … Continue reading The road home: trains, planes and automobiles →

This time back in Luxor, the tourist Mecca of Egypt, we were a bit more worldly wise. We sailed through the sea of touts waiting at the train station, found a bakery for a sample of local delicacies and ambled our way back to our accommodation – a bit further than we remembered, but we … Continue reading Luxor, land of contrasts →

So after our journey through the rocky desert, we arrived in the lush valley of Aswan nestled between sand covered hills either side, dotted with lush green islands and awash with feluccas, ferry boats and small fishing boats. The Riviera of southern Egypt? We were dropped off at noon-ish from our Air Conditioned microbus into … Continue reading Amazing Aswan →

No trip[ to Egypt would be complete without a trip to the great temple of Abu Simbel in the far south of Egypt. It takes a bit of getting there but is well worth it. In order to travel in the special armed convoy that only goes at certain times of the day we decided … Continue reading Abu Simbel →