Another security checkpoint and we were in the Saqqara complex, it’s huge, I would say at least the same size […]
Dahshur, where Pyramids were born!
Dahshur, the location of the Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid amongst other much older pyramids is about 40km South of […]
Cairo, Great Mosques and Egyptian Museum – part 2
Carrying on from Part 1 of my time in Cairo, I visited these in the afternoon although I could have […]
Cairo, surrounded by chaos you find pearls – Part 1
My flight was marginally delayed arriving into Cairo just after 20:00 (London to Cairo via Istanbul; 1hr20min stopover). The airport […]
London stop over for family reunion
Why is it that we pay large sums of money to explore distant destinations and forget what we have right […]
Barcelona – wow, what a magnificent city!
Barcelona was on my itinerary but only much later after I had spent more time at some of the smaller […]