Life’s Simbel — It’s Abu The People That Make The Trip, Not The Destination
Credit goes to Ann Wen (who's not even on the trip!) for the blogpost title. In our second day in Aswan, we set out for sites outside of the city, beginning with the obligatory tourist pilgrimage to Abu Simbel. This began with a mandatory wake up call at 3:15am...
Finally Coming Together “Aswan!”
By now you might be sick of all these "throwback" nostalgia I'm writing about, 10 years this, and 10 years that.Thankfully, there's some new material as I had missed Aswan the last time I was here. Therefore it would be our first stop outside of Cairo after...
Try Not To Be An Old Giza, Will Ya: The Great Pyramids
After a whirlwind first day in Cairo, we woke up bright and early at 4am for the Pyramids. Just like good old times. Today we changed nothing on the plan I did 10 years ago. Everything was planned to the tee to be exactly the same except that...
The Return To Cairo, 10 Years Later
Of all the layovers I've had the past 10 years that have brought me back to the same places over and over again, I've never once stepped foot back in Egypt since my 2010 trip that started it all. Fateful isn't it? And I knew the day I would return, it should...
Socotra-pped On An Island Paradise: Day 7 – Rico Shuaab-ey
All things must come to an end. On our last official day in Socotra and from our campsites at Detwah, we woke up to take a 2 long rocky boat trip to Shuaab. The waves were rough, as we almost capsized more times I would have wanted to...
Socotra-pped On An Island Paradise: Day 6 – A Monsooner Always Pays Their Detwah!
After breakfast we took a stroll through the village this morning, including visit to the local garden where they plant new Dragon’s Blood trees. Then from Dixsam we took an early morning drive west, passing by a few abandoned Soviet tanks from...
Socotra-pped On An Island Paradise: Day 5 – Always Up to Nogud!
This morning we woke up to a glorious morning on Dixsam Plateau: After breakfast and accompanied by our new local friends, we drove a bumpy ride down to Wadi Derhur, a former famous camping spot before a major storm destroyed everything at the...
Socotra-pped On An Island Paradise: Day 4 – Where There May Be Dragons In Dixsam
On day 4 we woke up at 7am for breakfast and rainy Habido: ...where the spotty WiFi is best caught on the rooftop: ...and where the goats love to eat our paper... After breakfast, we made a detour to Ayhaft National Park to...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
