Bedouin Art in the Sinai Desert
Most of the pieces you can buy in Egypt are dirt cheap – it has to do with the economy, the cost of materials, the average salary being so low, etc. and everyone takes advantage of the low prices and buys a lot of things when they visit. But out in the Sinai desert, one woman is changing all that.
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He was a young fellow, Scots as I suspected, and he was kind and polite and told us in no uncertain terms that if we attempted to breach the fence he would have to shoot us. “Just in... Read more…
Further Thoughts on The End of the World
I hadn’t thought the world would end, not really, but the recent school massacre in Newtown back home made me wonder if it might have gone mad. Now I suddenly felt so lucky to be alive, so happy to be in this crazy, wonderful city where I had drunk tea in Tahrir Square not two weeks earlier, so glad to be graced with this intrepid band of fearless travelers who saw what the news said and came to Egypt anyway. Read more…
The 5 Most Instagram-Friendly Travel Destinations in 2018
"I could talk about Tulum for an hour," writes McCune. "Tulum is a blogger's paradise and has really taken off because of Instagram. The food is amazing, and it's full… Read more…