It had been an amazing day, my boyfriend and I spent it being tourist in Cairo. We visited the Citadel, the Northern Cemetery and then spent the afternoon in Al-Azhar Park and watched the sun set. We arrived back at our apartment exhausted, sweaty and ready to shower and relax. On our way up to our…
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Aug
21
The night I accidentally stole a nightstand in Cairo.
Aug
07
Why you should visit the “OTHER” pyramids in Egypt & how.
When people think of Egypt one of the first images that comes to mind is the world famous Great Pyramids of Giza. It is also on many peoples bucket list of things to see/do in their lifetime and I can understand why. I was able to visit them within a few days of arriving in…
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Jul
29
2 years of blogging & I’d like to thank you with a giveaway!!!
Today marks exactly two years since I published my very 1st blog post “My Round the World Plan”. Oh and since then I have learned not to plan much because things change. I mean really when I look at that post I crack up laughing at how unrealistic it was and how much I have…
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Jul
24
A love story with an expiration date.
It’s about 3am on Monday, July 23, 2012 and I’m holding my tears back. I wanna cry… I wanna scream… I wanna run, I actually don’t know what I wanna do. I have so much on my mind and normally would be drinking a beer right about now, but because I am participating in Ramadan…
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Jul
19
A backpacker on a 5* Star Luxury Nile Cruise?
Ahh the magical Nile River it is known as the worlds longest river and Egypt’s greatest gift. Without the Nile Egypt as we know it would have never existed. It is the life source of Egypt and cities and towns have clinged to it’s banks for milennia. Before roads and railways were built in the…
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Jul
17
Revisiting Aswan & Luxor for some unfinished business.
During a trip around the world like this you rarely get to visit a place twice. You may fall in love sometimes (with the city/town), but after a few days (or weeks in some cases) it’s time to move on and explore other corners of the world. Even though you know you may never be…
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