Fata Morgana Hotel Siwa

Dakrur Berge Siwa, 2303, Egypt

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Afslapning i Oerkenen

A travel blog entry by afrikaeskapade

... Dagen efter fandt vi ud af at det havde regnet kraftigt hele natten og samtlige kloakker i byen sejlede, inklusiv den i vores vaerelse. Et par ting var blevet vaade, men heldigvis ikke noget katastofalt. Vi lejede en cykel og tog rundt til et par templer og endnu en varm kilde. Det var hyggeligt at cykle lidt rundt i ingenting og Sandra synes det var rart med lidt motion. ...

The Egyptian Road Less Travelled

A travel blog entry by barry0fisher

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... not even drop us off at the street address we'd given him...

[[Apparently, they don't know how to read maps and as street names are seldom labeled must rely more on landmarks they're already familiar with. Not the best system, but it is cool how all the taxi drivers ask each other for help as they drive like lunatics. For those uninitiated in the driving habits in 3rd world countries, the lane markers are seen merely as decoration, ...

Cheese, cheese and jam

A travel blog entry by ricki958

5

... br>
Apart from traffic check points, we stopped once to check out the frame of a WW2 plane, rotting in the desert sun, and to swim in a spring in an oasis, and once more to let Rowie drive for a while. We passed through a section of the desert covered by a salt lake, flat and vast on either side. Most of the desert toady was flat and vast, except for ...

Siwa Oasis!

A travel blog entry by mjs265

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... spring at another location, a 'fossil' mountain, and finally to our campsite. The campsite was close to the Oasis, but still in the desert. It had a few mud-huts for sleeping, but we pulled our mattresses out and slept under the stars after eating a great meal there. In the morning, we woke up early because of the combination of the light, heat, and flies that accompany the Sahara, and after drinking morning tea, started driving back to town.

We got back ...

Hello Siwa

A travel blog entry by camelsandtacos

... rotten eggs?


Greco-Roman
tombs in the Al Maraqi area. Apparently the Roman's fancied the idea of
sealing up and hiding the dead in the sides of mountains. We saw
several mountainside ...