Walk Like an Egyptian

Egypt is just one of those places that I have always dreamt of visiting as a kid. Now that I'm in the Middle East, it's time to shed all my skimpy outfits and cover up, oh dear what to wear?!!

I can still remember my first night in Cairo - being rudely awoken at 4am by the call to prayer over the loud speakers from the nearby mosques - yep another 2 months of it to go! Egypt was unreal - the people, history, culture, food, landscape.. everything was just so different to anything that I had ever experienced before.

The Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza

First class sleeper train from Cairo to Luxor.

Aaah the Sheesha pipe - I had three weeks in Egypt to sample all the different flavours - strawberry, mango, kiwi, mixed fruit, pineapple, banana... all in the name of research of course! But my all time favourite is apple. Mmmm apple sheesha.

I spent a relaxing week cruising on the Nile from Luxor to Aswan. The crazy crew suprised me everyday with amazing creations made out of my towel and bedspread. Seriously, one day I returned to my room to find a monkey made of towels swinging from the ceiling. Here's the crocodile that greeted me one evening.

Egyptian notes are something else - never seen money quite so grotty and some even crumble in your hands. Good thing for the antiseptic handwash, you just never know where the dosh has been...

I chilled out at the Red sea resorts of Hurghada and Dahab for a while. Just beautiful - did some scuba diving and snorkelling. The blue hole in Dahab is the best snorkelling spot ever!