Once in a while, I’m blessed to write up and release a blogpost that will stand the test of time in my memories. This is one of those posts. The irony of today rests in the fact that after a decade visiting 180 countries and territories, that it would...
Going to miss Luxor’s West Bank vibes. After an eventful 2 days here, we made a mad dash for the Luxor Train Station across the river. Getting there 45 minutes early, I took this time to give everyone a memento silver bracelet of “monsoon”...
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 instead of 4-5...
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 count. But we passed by...
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 the days when...
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 site: From...
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 peek at a canyon. ...
