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 […]

Giza Pyramids, finally seeing them!
Giza Pyramids Having made my arrangements for the day I headed off to the only stop of the day, “the […]

Why Batnomad and why I chose to blog?
Batnomad Batnomad, why did I choose the name? That is easy to answer, I used Batnomad as my first personal […]