Hearts racing, we bounced and jumbled our way up the hill and there they were.
Judging by the few ant-speck humans around the base (we were at the back end: no tourist hordes in sight), you really get a sense of just how massive these things are and how there’s nothing you could do [...]
There’re any number of ways the scam could run when booking a tour in Egypt, and it’s too hot right now for me to come up with truly imaginative ways.
The car might be missing essential safety equipment: it may not have seat belts. Or brakes.
You may, without prior consent, be sharing the [...]
Here we are in Alexandria after our first 3 days in Cairo. What a country so far. We were warned about the people, the ceaseless hassling for baksheesh, but it hasn’t been that bad at all. In Cairo most people were either friendly or too involved with living in Cairo to bother [...]
The movers have come and gone, the house is (more or less) empty, and we’re living out of our suitcases from now till Thursday. Too busy wrapping up all the loose ends of a decadent, materialistic Western life to blog about our wonderful time in minimalist-by-circumstance Cuba. Once the dust settles, stories will [...]