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Sailing the Nile

Sailing the Nile

By on September 17, 2012 in Adventures, Africa, Destinations, Egypt

After spending several days exploring all the tombs and ancient sites Luxor had to offer, M and I were looking forward to the next leg of our trip: Aswan. I had been looking forward to this stop on our itinerary for a while! I really wanted to rent a felucca to go sailing the Nile! We were [...]

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Luxor's West Bank

Undiscovered Egypt: Tackling Luxor’s West Bank

By on August 23, 2012 in Africa, Destinations, Egypt

Visiting Egypt nowadays is can be both incredibly rewarding and giant pain in the ass, usually a combination of the two. Trying to pick out the ancient sights to visit on famous Luxor’s West Bank? Even trickier! When I finally plucked up the courage to tell my mother that I was going to Egypt in [...]

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valley of the kings

King Tut and the Valley of the Kings

By on July 10, 2012 in Adventures, Africa, Egypt

After waking up quite literally before the crack of dawn to do a hot air balloon ride over the Valley of the Kings, I was elated but exhausted. Combined with a lovely case of the infamous developing world stomach bug, M and I were certainly a sight to behold! Crawling our way up to the rooftop terrace in Luxor, [...]

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Hot Air Balloons and Ancient Tombs

By on June 13, 2012 in Adventures, Africa, Destinations, Egypt, Get Inspired

“SCREECH! SCREECH! SCREECH” went the alarm at 4am in our pitch-black hotel room in Luxor, Egypt. I jumped straight out of bed in my underwear convinced we were being attacked by arab insurgents (I blame you, mom, for these worries). There is nothing I hate more than being jerked out of sleep by an alarm clock. [...]

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Touts and Temples: Luxor’s East Bank

By on June 7, 2012 in Adventures, Africa, Destinations, Egypt

Source Whenever I tell people I’ve traveled to Egypt, the most common response I get, after the whole “are you insane?!” part, is what did I think about it? Did I like it? I usually murmur yeah, uh-huh, sure, along with accompanied hand-shake motion in the air that in Spain means más o menos (more or less). [...]

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Saqqara, that one time I got put on a donkey

By on May 20, 2012 in Adventures, Africa, Destinations, Egypt

After spending a long hot morning riding camels in the sun around the pyramids in Giza, we decided to check out some of the lesser known tourist sites outside Cairo, including Saqqara. For around 25 euros a day, we hired a private taxi driver in Cairo to drive us around to the sites outside the [...]

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Sad goodbyes and new beginnings

By on September 28, 2011 in Adventures, auxiliares, Blogger, Confessions, Get Inspired, Living in Spain, Moving to Spain, Spain

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” Andre Gide No matter how many times I travel abroad or move to another country, the goodbyes don’t get any easier. I am so happy that I have the opportunity to live in Spain, but when I am about [...]

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