Ramses II liked building fuck off great big things to remind everyone of his general badassery and the temples at Abu Simbel are a fine example of this. They reckon he built this particular imposing temple in that location to warn those coming up the Nile from the south of his absolute power and to [...]
"Don't take the night train!" people will tell you, "You won't get to see Egypt if it's dark!" No, but I will save on a night's accommodation and the night train becomes a day train when the sun comes up. In our case the night train became half the fucking next day train too. Instead [...]
So I actually quite like Cairo. There. I said it. Is it noisy, busy, chaotic and a bit smelly in parts? Abso-fucking-lutely! But is everyone lovely and friendly and actually really helpful? I mean, mostly, yes. Some people want you to have a tea at their café or buy their stuff, but random blokes with [...]
We had a little wander into Cairo today to put some Coptic stuff in our eyeholes. After we'd filled up on fuul at our current favourite place to get the delicious beany goodness we braved the public transport system, because I'm that masochist that actually really likes taking public transport in foreign countries. I'm especially [...]
Dashur and Saqqara are a bit of a ballache to get to. We did contemplate Uber but the distances between the attractions within each site are also a bit of a bugger and, as we found out at Giza, traipsing around over uneven terrain in the Egyptian heat as your shoes slowly fill with sand [...]
Here we go then, the actual pyramids! We read up on the scams and the tricks employed to part you with your money. We braced ourselves for the constant onslaught of touts doing their bestest to get you to ride camel or buy a thing you don't want or need at a price that'd have [...]
We'd both had our little hearts set on a tour to the White Desert and the initial plan was to catch a bus into Bawiti and sort one out from there. We had no idea how long that would take us though, and with only 30 days to see as much as we could we [...]
I'd love to tell you that our journey from Cairo airport into the city was as a result of meticulous research and a carefully executed plan but in reality it was mostly two sweaty lesbians muddling through and hoping we didn't get scammed. Surprisingly we weren't descended on by taxi drivers when we left Terminal [...]
After we'd conquered the mighty Mount Olympus, or it conquered us depending on which of my muscle groups you asked, we'd planned to head to Thessaloniki. No big reason, it wasn't the weather to go exploring any nearby beaches on pretty peninsulas. So we figured fuck it, why not just stay in Kalambaka? We prefer [...]
Climb up the highest mountain in Greece, they said. It'll be fun, they said. By "they" I mean me, obviously, and now we're both walking like we've shat ourselves. We didn't go to the highest of the 52 peaks either on account of not having a death wish. Mytikas is 2917 m.a.s.l. and is quite [...]
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