We hired a driver for the entire day, which in theory suggested freedom, flexibility, and perhaps a spontaneous detour or two. In practice, it meant we were going to exactly one place, very thoroughly. The destination was Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the world, set deep in the Sinai mountains near Saint Catherine. The road there …
Continue ReadingLeaving Cairo felt less like a departure and more like an escape executed without drama. A short flight carried us east to Sharm el-Sheikh, where the airport was calm in a way that immediately suggested we were no longer part of the country’s nervous system. We bought a SIM card right there, without negotiation, which again felt suspicious. It worked. …
Continue ReadingSeeing the pyramids of Giza was unreal. You think you know them from photos, but standing there is different. They rise out of the desert with a weight and presence that doesn’t care about tourists or time. We opted for an apartment with a direct view of the ancient monument. Simply breathtaking and so surreal. Traffic, noise, and fumes in …
Continue ReadingEgypt was my first time in Africa, and it started in Cairo. Loud, dense, overwhelming and impossible to ignore. I reunited with Elise in the middle of this chaos, and from that moment on the city pulled us straight in. We visited the Egyptian National Museum, moving through halls filled with objects that shouldn’t still exist and yet do. Layer …
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Sunrise and sunsets are probably the best-est of times to explore Hampi. It looks like a veritable lost world and…
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