The city of Marsa Alam is a bit of a shithole, the seafront property is mostly unfinished, apparently due to some bizarre Egyptian law whereby if you have land you have to build on it or the government will take it off you. Anything over 70% completed is subject to tax resulting in a a [...]
The Horus temple at Edfu is very much worth the effort I think but oh my fucking gosh, what an effort it was! Trains in Egypt are ultimately a great way to get around but they're also generally late and if you don't speak Arabic it's impossible to know which train is stood at the [...]
There is a tourist activity in Luxor that doesn't involve dragging your unwilling carcass through dusty archaeological sites, lamenting the fact you didn't bring enough water whilst you try to stop your devices from heating up and the sun claims the top layer of your skin as its very own. Hot air ballooning, guys! It's [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We decided to rent a car for the last couple of days just so we could cram more stuff in really. Nothing too strenuous, just a little bit of sightseeing, perhaps one walking trail, mostly beaches. I'm sure the public bus would take us to everywhere we wanted to go but we didn't want to [...]
Tarrant doesn't dive but on account of her being The Best Girlfriend In The World™ she gives no shits if I abandon her for a day to go and make bubbles. I thought twice in one holiday might be pushing it but I think she likes having the day to herself to sacrifice her epidermis [...]
We bussed to Victoria, the capital, on Saturday and spent the morning at the National Museum of History learning all about the history of the islands right from when it was frequented by pirates, through being claimed by France, all the way to independence. Turns out France claimed the islands by putting a Stone Of [...]
Ah, La Digue. The epitome of chill. An island of very few vehicles, most of which are electric. So how does everyone get around this little slice of paradise? Fucking bicycles. I knew there had to be a trade off, I fucking hate bicycles. Half an hour on one of those bastards and I feel [...]
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