Luxoriousalmost
We are staying at the overlanders camp site in Luxor. We’ve had a shower and done the washing. Altough they have a machine we hand washed the clothes. They charge £25E for the machine when the last load we got…
Oasis On Tour I Thought Theyd Split Up
So not much to report. The good Doctor Mustafa has posted a concise comment about our route. We got through the escort from SIWA to the next oasis with out escort driving too fast. We then stayed at a campsite…
Nice To Siwa To Siwa Nice
no its not a Bruce Forsyth but one of the lovely Oasis we’ve been through. Mustafa was worried so we’ve stopped in Baris (Paris) to post an update. Today we go to Luxor in another Police escort. They are a…
No Alibabas No Alibabas
Actully mate…..we’ve had a Ali Barber today. I’ve cut may hair.The story is we slept on the side on the road just before the desert road to Siwa. You can see this on the map. We slept near Marsa Matruh in a…
Internet Slowness
I dream of UK ADSL speeds…..I’d love to post some photos of Siwa oasis. You’ll have to wait…….
Roughing It In Alex And Having A Cold One
We’ve today left the hospitality of Cairo and are back on our own. We’ve managed to find a place outside the University to sleep and a guy is watching the car (at least we hope he is).We didn’t get chance…
Visas Taxis Accidents And Justice
We put our passports into the Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo. A 24 hour process and it doesn’t seem to matter when you put them in they are ready at 2pm the next day. They wanted the sudan Visa in our…
Egyptian Hospitality
Tonight we are agin treated to a meal with our host. His Brother and Sister in Law have come along to meet us as we are becoming quite famous i think. they also all want to come along on the…
Out Of Africa Actually Into Africa
Just a few photos and a quick message. We’ve found a very nice Englishman who’s Egyptian and lives here. He’s a Doctor and has give us a lot of pointers. Thanks to him we are currently parked on his drive…
Oil Av Some Of That
First garage…..£5000E for 5 litres,,,,second garage £97E for 5 litres……Slightly different type but i don;t suppose there was actually that much difference in price. Tourist rates !So we now have an almost complete stock of fuels again.
Night Crawlers
In more ways than one. Julie has been bitten all over by what we presume is Mosquitoes,,, and for the first time ever i’m showing signs of bites. This is a first for me. So hopefully they don’t carry anything…
A Fool And His Tools Part 2
Took a while to get back online and get time to continue. Sorrywhen the customs dance was over we filled up with Diesel having spent 13 days in Jordan on only one tank of fuel. Its a small country. We…
A Fool And His Tools
are easily parted….We have been robbed. Nothing too serious but my Axe and Impact screwdriver have been taken on the ferry from Aqaba to Nuweiba. I’d mistakenly left the rear door unlocked and when we returned to the car after…
Why Oh Why Did We Move
Last night we moved just down the road from the hotel. This was a good move for the Pub but a bad move for the noise. The road noise we can put up with but at about midnight the disco…
Our Water Is Flowingwere Both Incontinental
Today we pulled a fast one. Well, not really fast but more of a slow con. We slept outside the Intercontinental 5 star resort last night. The road is a dead end and we parked up pretty early and got…
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