Husa Pyramids Hotel Giza

So, went to bed at 11 last night, only to wake up at 1145, and then was wide awake until about 330. After that I was in that half asleep stage for about half an hour only to wake again. this went on until 5, when Ismael finally got up as well, to tell me he'd been doing the same thing all night. We pushed our beds together and finally fell aslee...

We got home very late from the Henna party, much later than I expected. It made our early flight seem so much earlier. We got to the airport, but then discovered that our flight wasn't so early after all- it was delayed. This meant that instead of having 7 hours in Jordan, we had 4- not quite enough to get out of the airport and see anything in ...

"Holy f**k, we're in EGYPT."

That was probably the most-spoken phrase today, our first day in Egypt. We arrived in Cairo late last night after 19 hours of air travel (not including layovers), and checked into the Wake Up Cairo! Hostel (their exciting use of the exclamation point in their name, and their smiley-face-with-two-thumbs-up lo...

But PYRAMIDS!

Journeyed a little further out of the city to see some of the older pyramids beyond Giza (thus removed from many annoyances). However, Egypt is not that favorably set up to accommodate the independent traveler. It seems as though everything is suited for the big package tourists where air conditioned buses chauffeur you fr...

Hey guys,.back in Cairo for the night after a hell of a busy week. Sunday saw the pyramids, rode a camel around them, checked out some mummies that had their faces unwrapped at the museum followed by a sketchy overnight train ride that left me with some bed bug bites. Monday through thursdays was a blur of temples, sand, sights, history, the nil...

Woke up early and headed to Giza to see the Pyramids and sphinx. Decided to try a metered cab instead of flat rate (negotiated price) one. The ride out was about 45 minutes from Cairo. Just as we were about to turn off the highway to follow the signs towards the pyramids, did a local man in the street stop our cab. He said something to the drive...

We arrived in Cairo after about a three hour bus ride. Did I mention the prisons? There were huge prisons about every twenty miles. Some new. Some old. All very scary. Faten never explained what sort they were, but I imagine many were for political prisoners.
We also saw many textile factories. She explained that these were for children. G...

16.10 (GMT +2) - Just laid down on my fur lined bed after what can only be described as an exhausting day. We were up early for breakfast after only a few hours sleep (we did not arrive at our hotel until 04.00 local time). Everything went smoothly on our flight and arrival but our taxi journey to the hotel was quite interesting. I know it was ...

S*l*m * li kum!

Well it's been * few weeks *nd surprise, surprise, I’ve been up to my usu*l shen*****ns over here, so get re*dy, set *nd GO!

First order of business: I’m coming b*ck to the USA! I booked my tickets right before spring bre*k so Inch All*h I’ll be there from July 7th to July 21st. (I’m flyi...