Travel features
In a bid for peace, Egyptian tours Nile Basin on his motorbike
10 Feb 2013
Omar Mansour al-Fardy is the first Egyptian, Arab and native African who has attempted to travel the world with his motorbike, “transmitting Egyptian cultural heritage,” according to his website.
He began a new journey —...
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Tahrir revisited: From mundane crossing to a house of history
24 Jan 2013
Just before it became the site of political tourism after housing mass protests and sit-ins in 2011 demanding the fall of the regime, Tahrir Square was a crossing between the Egyptian Museum, the Cairo Tower, classic downtown eateries and...
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Dahab's first Egyptian woman divemaster blazes a trail
08 Jan 2013
She takes her clients to another world — one in which, as if traveling to outer space, visitors must wear special suits and carry equipment in order to breathe. Humans weren’t built to maneuver in this landscape without...
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2012 family vacation spots: Worry-free local destinations for the holidays
05 Jan 2013
We’ve covered a number of local destinations this year in the travel section — from east to west and north to south — and while the holidays offer a little time to get out of town, the last thing you want to worry about...
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Changing destinations: 2012 has seen shifts in travel habits
02 Jan 2013
Political instability has taken its toll on the tourism industry since the 25 January revolution. The continued security vacuum and the border attacks in Sinai this year have added to the woes faced by the once-thriving sector.
According...
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Dancing with the devil: Spirituality in the Peruvian Andes
22 Dec 2012
We met the maestro at the bus stop. I hadn’t known what to expect; face-paint, maybe, or a necklace made of body parts. It was an ignorant assumption to make, influenced as much by my inexperience with shamans as it was by the...
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South Africa: The magic of safari
17 Dec 2012
Aside from the busy streets of Cape Town and the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg, South Africa has a different face to show to adventure lovers and safari buffs. Up north near Nelspruit, on the border with Mozambique, lies Kruger...
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The not-so-rarefied earth: The desert has much more to offer than sand
10 Dec 2012
It’s impossible not to notice the great expanse of desert that seems to fold out indefinitely around Siwa. Rolling hills of sand stretch for miles, and you can’t help but wonder what has been swallowed beneath the grains of...
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Cruising down the river: A leisurely Nile cruise also takes in Abu Simbel’s Sun Festival
02 Dec 2012
Brought up on a holiday diet of camping, caravanning and self-catering countryside cottages, my preferred mode of travel is usually the independent kind. But as a solo tourist in Egypt, I have come across a frustrating number of...
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Dates and olives: Take a break from the city and indulge in Siwa’s abundant landscape
28 Nov 2012
Due west from Cairo, the road leaves behind the urban gray for a world of endless beige, vast expanses of unforgiving desert, herds of wild camels and the occasional unlucky few who have long since given into thirst near the road. The sand...
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