A Visit to Mahmya beach on Giftun island in Egypt

It was too many years ago when I was working in Egypt. We went with our team to the Giftun island one day. You can go there by ship and you can get on the ship at the harbour in Hurghada. The journey takes an hour at least until you reach the island and you...

Jeep safaris in Greece, Spain and Egypt

Jeep safaris in Crete, in the Sahara in Egypt, in Mallorca, in Fuerteventura

Sailing on the Nile in Luxor

While I was working in Egypt I went on an excursion from Hurghada to Luxor. Once on a 2-day excursion and the other times on a day excursion.It is not as tiring as going to Cairo and to the Pyramids (which is 8 hours on the bus from Hurghada) YOu could read about it here: The...

One Day in the Sahara in Egypt

I found the Sahara a very exciting place while I was living in Egypt some years ago. We had a lot of Sahara tours during which we could go by jeep/quad/buggy in the desert, we could ride a camel, we could see cobras, belly dancers and fakirs, we could visit local villages and try local...

Island Hopping (Part 3) – in the Maldives, Thailand and Mexico, Egypt

Island hopping series: Here I will write about: the Maldives, Mexico, Thailand, Egypt The Maldives From Summer Island to Olhuveli, Maldives It was actually a site inspection. I lived on Summer island so one day when I had airport duty at Male I was picked u from the airport to go by motor boat to...

The Pyramids of Giza and the Legend of the Sphinx

When I visited the Pyramids in Giza some years ago, while working the whole winter in Egypt, one of my dreams came true. It is majestic, phenomenal, colossal in every sense. Standing there I expected to feel the thousands-year-old history and to see and understand the ancient civilisations and culture. That didn't happen because the...