Panorama Village Al Fayyum

When Santiago first comes to Al Fayyum he does not think of much of the small oasis. Through time the omens guided him to finding his true love and they also showed him there was an ambush coming. The time Santiago was at Al Fayyum his realization of omens was becoming very strong. "I'm going to wait here for you every day. i have crossed the desert in search of a treasure that is somewhere near the pyramids, and for me, the ...

... home. I miss being able to walk down the street without having to hear all sorts profanities hurled at me. I miss not worrying about what I look like, and not having to freak out about my hair not being done. I miss my mum and dad and my brothers. text-indent:0cm">What do I like here? I love the people! I love the idea of having this enormous family that I can visit and talk to and spend time with! It's a concept ...

... everywhere and you couldn't get close to it. After the pyramid we drove a bit further down and went into the mastaba of Kajemi who was a high priest. We then went into the pyramid of Teti which from the outside looked like a pile of sand but on the inside the ceiling was covered in stars and the walls were covered in hieroglyphics. The pyramid didn't take very long and we still had time left so we snuck into ...

... in time for the holy day...ov** an hour lat** we w**e still stuck on a roundabout in Giza with the pyramids providing a bizarre backdrop to the gridlocked traffic, fumes and odd donkeycart. Two hours lat**- al hamdu lilah!- we finally arrived in Fayoum City, which despite its four million strong population feels more like a sprawling village. About 95% of the men wore gallibaayas, compared with p**haps 10% in Cairo. Th**e w**e more donkeys than cars ...

We were stopped at a baricade at El Faiyoum. There are 4 smokers and we got off the bus and we became the tourist attraction. They do not see tourists very often in this area. They were staring at my blonde hair and at Mum, Lily and I smoking. Females in Egypt rarely smoke. The women here are covered from top to bottom with many having only the eyes visible. The kids were shy to start but after I spoke a few Arabic words they came ...

Wow, there are so many pyramids in this area. We may have only visited three but in the distance it was easy to see at least 6, although some of them have collapsed due to earthquakes. Firstly we went to the Red Pyramid. It is called the red pyramid because when the sun sets and rises, it looks red. It is the tomb of King Senefro (son of Zoser who is king entombed at Step Pyramid and father of Cheops who was ...

meine nerven waren am ende nachdem ich eine woche mit max verbracht hatte. paranoider amerikaner, der non stopp angst hatte entfuehrt zu werden. grund: er juedischer amerikaner mit einem israelischen stempel im pass!!!! passiert ist natuerlich nichts und gefaehrlich wars auch nie... die sicherheistsvorkehrungen in agytpen waren ziemlich streng.. ueberall strassensperren und kontrollen.. anyway nicht wirklich wichtig... die ...

Two days ago I had an email exchange with a friend where I admitted that I was a little excited about the prospect of returning to work. His response was "wishing you were back working instead of in the country your visiting says it all...I'm never going to Egypt." I thought about this and while I wouldn't go so far to say Egypt wasn't worth a visit, it definitely is at the bottom of my list for places visited so far. Our tour was fantastic. The ancient ...

An overnight van ride leaving Dahab at 11 p.m. brought us back to our beginnings in Cairo. Traveling by van in Egypt at night is fun! You get a ride-along policeman and some security checkpoints along the way to show your passport. Only four from our group (including us), were along for the ride, plus a different tour leader catching a ride back to Cairo. We all did our best to try and catch sleep ...

After saying goodbye to Shane and Kate at midday at Dubai airport we flew 4 hours to our next destination of Egypt. We arrived in Cairo and were greeted by Wael, a rep for our tour company. We had timed our arrival with the peak hour traffic, which apparently lasts for 18 hours a day, and spent the next 45 minutes crawling through the most crazy, packed road system I have ever seen. The roads are marked as 2 lanes but the reality is that there is usually 3 or sometimes 4 cars across ...