Category Archives: 21 Egypt

Egypt 9: Aswan or Anubis Weighs the Scales

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Sam Pearce

N.B. I’m praying the worst is behind us: this is the last of the behemothic Egypt blogs and September marks the beginning of spring in the southern hemisphere. If you can, please support me to complete the story and turn … Continue reading →

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Egypt 8: Necropolis

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Sam Pearce

Our second morning parked outside Animal Care Egypt we watched the sugar cane harvesters work while we were doing our exercise and having breakfast. It took them from 6am till 9.30 to fill the carriage. Sampson and I amused ourselves … Continue reading →

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Egypt 7: MCV Luxor – Magic Eyes

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Sam Pearce

The Temple of Karnak is stupidly huge. Approximately 30 Pharoahs contributed towards the building and it seems to have been built on the ‘more is more’ principle. The site is host to four sacred precincts, and construction was underway from … Continue reading →

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Egypt 6: Luxor or In De-Nile…

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Sam Pearce

On our journey up the west coast from 2013-16, I tried to weave context throughout my stories, to post my observations about the interesting people we met along the way against a backdrop of African history, to try and gain … Continue reading →

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Egypt 5: Marsa Shagra – Reef Break

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Sam Pearce

The first thing Red Sea Diving Safari founder Hossam Helmy told me was how pregnant black and white tip reef sharks are the only shore sharks of the 12 species found in the Red Sea. They come to shore to … Continue reading →

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Egypt 4: Hurghada ‘Dog Tired’

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Sam Pearce

Let me tell you a bit about my husband. I spent a chunk of my early twenties confined to my bed or my house. Once I found my feet on the road to recovery I was eager to catch up … Continue reading →

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Egypt 3: Alright Giza?

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Sam Pearce

Wednesday 6th December 2017 was a great day in the life of the Sampson family. What this picture of us at the pyramids doesn’t show is how it took me a week to work up enough strength to get there, … Continue reading →

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Egypt 2: Cairo or ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Sam Pearce

Right, well, what with the relapse brought on by Euro winter 2017 and other challenges, I’m now a full year behind telling our story. Please pray I am granted time and capacity to catch up with the blog and make … Continue reading →

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Egypt 1: Alexandria or “Love Egyptians, Hate Egypt?”

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Sam Pearce

I cannot explain the euphoria I felt sitting in the front seat of the taxi into the city of Alexandria at 2am. As we cruised down the long straight road between stretches of black water, even the lights bedecking the … Continue reading →

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