Marsa Matrouh

Plan: No plan... beautiful beaches... Hotel: http://www.beausitehotel.com/   This entry actually catches me right up to date as I am sitting in the lobby at the Beau Site Hotel typing on the first computer we have encountered on the trip so far ...

Hey everyone! A quick message from Marsa Matrouh on the northwest coast of Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea! We arrived late last night after the worst bus ride of my life.... it was bad because we got the last seats on the bus, at the very back, right on ...

... palm trees and many many crop plantations. It makes you wonder how a place like this could exist in the desert. The drive from Marsa Matrouh took us about 4 hours. We stopped on the way for a break. It is a very strange feeling, driving in the middle ...

... beans and falafel - yum! Then we packed into the minivan for a drive to a secluded spot of the beach.  A quick note about Marsa Matrouh:  it is reportedly a crammed resort town in the summer, but at this time of year it was deader than dead. Lots ...

... to Alexandria, where I am right now. We left at 5 and arrived here at 5 in the afternoon. We travelled through Marsa Matrouh and Wadi Matrouh. The same way we went to the Oasis. Alexandria is considered to be the pearl of meditearania. It was built by ...