Cairo
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Travel Inspiring Reads – “Dark Star Safari”
More Details: Travel Inspiring Reads – “Dark Star Safari”“Dark Star Safari – Overland from Cairo to Cape Town” presents the story of Paul Theroux’ overland crossing of Africa, quite the safari! (“Safari” means journey in Swahili.) I enjoyed this book because it presented interesting topics: Thought-provoking questions Rich descriptions of places Horror stories Good history nuggets Ideas for off-the-beaten-path places to visit. Let’s…
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The Timeless Capitals: Rome, Athens, Cairo
More Details: The Timeless Capitals: Rome, Athens, CairoI have traveled to a good bunch of countries and hope to add more over time. Most of the time, that means I have visited their capital cities even if briefly. Rare is the case where I have not visited a capital city of a country I have been to. Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican…
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Boarding Pass Stories: Constantinople! OK, Istanbul
More Details: Boarding Pass Stories: Constantinople! OK, IstanbulThe destination, the when(s), and the reason(s) My knack for taking one trip idea and expanding its scope is not a recent event. That’s how I ended last year exploring a country I may have never visited otherwise: Moldova. It pre-dates my travel blogging days by a bit. As I joined a group of friends…
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Visiting Old Cairo – and Feeling Cairo
More Details: Visiting Old Cairo – and Feeling CairoI am fortunate to have visited Cairo two times: once in 1998 and then in 2007. The first with friends and the second for work. However, while we hit some of the key places to see in Cairo in the first trip, one grave mistake was not to explore Old Cairo… Old Cairo is the…