Sohag Hotel

... going to have a head on collision but there is enough room on the road for three vehicles abreast. We didn't arrive in Sohag until 7pm.  We are staying at the El Safa Hotel, which is right on the Nile.  It is huge ...

We submitted our passport copies to the hotel. They arranged the day trip downriver, northward to the Temples of Abydos and Dendara. We left the hotel early, around 6:00 AM, jumped into a mini van, and were suprised to find a couple of nice guys from ...

... . So a really good day that only got better, with a twist and a suprise. We tried again to find a night out..Tut Hotel called and the so called night club, oh dear a couple of Northerners singing kareoke, very Pheonix Nights!!! But we got invloved, ...

... is Friday and the weekend for Egyptians.  It is the main prayer day for Muslims. There are beautiful tiled mosaic walls in Sohag but as we were on the bus, I couldn't get a photo. We have really enjoyed our time in these ...

... As it is though, if I cannot get this extended I will fly to Malaysia for the weekend once per month and stay in a swanky hotel in Kuala Lumpur. The passport office was a scene of huge lineups and madness, for the locals of course. But for the foreigners, ...

... Dr Bihan for him to pick-me up. He arrived 20 minutes later, and instead bringing me to his house, he led me to a hotel. I was disappointed at first, because Couchsurfing has not been created to sleep in hotels, so I told him I could handle it alone; ...

... of instability and public disorder in some other areas of Egypt, most notably in the Nile Valley governorates of Assiut and Sohag, located between Cairo and Luxor. These governorates, along with the adjacent governorates of Minya and Qena, have been areas ...

...  next morning leave me to go alone. Minya No cops. Coptic houseboat and nice cafe. V. tired. Beni Suef Half built hotel, quiet evening again, long, slow ride to cairo, finally finding campsite in dark and pitching tent for first time since ...