Aswan was ending on a high and it wasn’t done yet! Jumping forwards before I continue, my contact at the […]
Aswan, good start fantastic ending! Part1
I took the overnight sleeper train from Giza (starts in Cairo) to Aswan, it takes about 10 hours, but trains […]
Saqqara, tombs, pyramids, temples galore…WOW!
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 […]