I have not been keeping up with this journal so well these days. Partly this is good because it means that in the evenings I am either too busy doing fun things or have spent all day doing fun things and would really like to read my book. The Time Traveler's Wife is fantastic and keeping me well away from studying as much as I should. I do, howe...

Hello All: Sorry I haven't written before this, it has been crazy trying to get internet here. There are only 5 out of 40 people with computers and although the wireless is free, who wants to sit in a lobby all day. Things here have been great. I love the weather and the people for the most part. You might be wondering about the title of this bl...

ˇ Cairo, Egypt ˇ GMT +2hrs "Cairo, one of the half-dozen supercapitals - capitals that are bigger than themselves or their countries ... the focus of a whole culture, an ideology or a historical moment". - Jan Morris, Destinations End of part I We've spent 2 days dealing with Cairo's madness. This invariably involves taking your life into your o...

Ras Shittan Day 3 After sleeping at sunrise, I didn´t wake up until 12. I woke to found a German family playing in the water. Clearly there are a lot of German tourists in this area. Perhaps because of the rather cheap flights between Hurghada and Berlin. The day was rather uneventful, even by lounging-at-the-sea standards. I was hoping my camer...

me and my love furkhan are trapped in the hole and the weasels bit his head off. i yelled and cried but my furkhan was really gone. i used my emergency stuck in a hole trapped with egyptian weasels kit which had a rope and weasel repeller.i spreayed the weasels and climbed to freedom.

I'm sitting at the Groppi Café, doing my Arabic homework and writing in my journal. I like this place. It is sparse and offers meat, chicken and cheese sandwiches (nothing flashy, just cheese and bread, no condiments; or just the meat and bread). They also serve an assortment of cookies, tea and coffee. But I like it because it's the closest thi...

At the airport security check, we were toyed. It was clear, DAMNED clear that the security people had no idea what they were doing, and they decided to pick on us - student looking backpackers - to cover up their stupidity. For those who are planning on visiting Jordan, think again. Anyway, I don't really have the time to type up everything now....

I was expecting total madness from Cairo. Expecting a bit like Delhi on a crazy day......nothing like it! We only had a 5 min haggle with the mad taxi drivers at the airport before we found one who would take us for our agreed price. He did then proceed to pick up a 'mate' at the gate for a free ride (which we had already agreed to pay him for a...

So after the long night we made our flight and it was off to Cairo. Cairo i expected to be a lot like India dirty run down etc but was pleasantly surprised Cairo is very nice. Well it was only a 3 night visit so we organized a driver a tour so we didn't have to mess around our self as it was to much effort for a few days. Spent the first arve in...

Wow, what an amazing couple of days here in Cairo. It's hard to put all of this into words, so at this point I can only offer some highlights. Day 4 The day started at the Great Pyramids of Giza. The crowds were quite light and we were offered the opportunity to climb 75 meters up inside the largest of the three Great Pyramids, the Pyramid of Ch...