Horus Paradise

... Lake Nasser, the largest manmade body of water in the world. That night we visited Kitchener's Island, the formal botanical paradise of Egypt's British colonial overseer. While we could obviously gleam its former beauty, today it is overrun with feral ...

... left completely spoilt and not at all ready to fend for ourselves in a van. But looking forward to it nevertheless. Surfers Paradise We arrived here, after only a 2 hour journey, very typically into the pouring rain. Just tipping it down. And ...

... Yellow-Crowned Bishop 156 Rock or Speckled Pigeon 11th November (Mossel Bay) 157 (Southern) Red Bishop 158 (African) Paradise Flycatcher 12th November (Hermanus) 159 Grey-rumped Swallow 160 African or Jackass Penguin (!) 161 Cape Francolin 13th November ...

... i sat there and wished it would all end. Anbd, eventually it did! We arrived in Dahab which i could only describe as a tropical paradise. You can actually see Saudi Arabia across the red sea from our balcony, the sea is so thin at this point. Dahab itself ...

... me. I've had a fairly good look around and have taken a load of pics, which have been uploaded. It's a shoppers paradise, every single hotel seems to have a massive shopping mall attached, or a food court etc. The architecture is pretty impressive. It ...