Siwa Shali Resort
Siwa, Egypt
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Weekend in Siwa (Part 1)
Before I start, just In case you were wondering some facts about Siwa, here they are; Siwa is an oasis in the Sahara desert and the most distant Egyptian oasis from the Nile valley. It is only 30 miles away from the border of Libya, so the people there are more North African than Egyptian with their own Berber dialect (they speak Siwi!). It has …
Weekend in Siwa (Part 2)
Believe it or not, the previous entry was only two of the four days... crazy I know. Saturday was by far my favorite day in Siwa and you'll soon know why.
We did the usual 8 am breakfast thing at the hotel then hopped on the bus to go into town. We basically had free time until noon, and all of us decided we wanted to shop and walk around …
The Oracle of Siwa
In celebration of the Prophet's Birthday this weekend, we are visiting Siwa, an ancient Berber village that is built around an oasis on the edge of the Great Sand Sea (part of the Sahara), 15 km from the Libyan border.
Thursday:
Blearily, we made our way to the bus at 7:40, a good 20 minutes early, so that we might get good seats on …
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The Egyptian Road Less Travelled
... DC. By early morning the bus might be more aptly considering an ice tray with each passenger a cube. None of us has a room booked and we absent-mindfully agree to be taken to the Palm Tree Hotel, which I recall didn't get good reviews, but neither did other budget places, so I didn't oppose. Frances and I decide to split a double with private bathroom, which we quickly learned didn't have electricity and water pressure a little better than ...
Hello Siwa
... guide Ahmed said that we would have seen more but robbers keep
on breaking off the pieces and selling them to wealthy Europeans. Good
thing I brought my pick axe, any takers?
Fossilized coral and ...



