Category Archives: 21 Egypt
Egypt 9: Aswan or Anubis Weighs the Scales
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
Egypt 8: Necropolis
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
Egypt 7: MCV Luxor – Magic Eyes
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
Egypt 6: Luxor or In De-Nile…
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
Egypt 5: Marsa Shagra – Reef Break
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
Egypt 4: Hurghada ‘Dog Tired’
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
Egypt 3: Alright Giza?
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
Egypt 2: Cairo or ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’
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
Egypt 1: Alexandria or “Love Egyptians, Hate Egypt?”
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
Africa Clockwise 