Egypt is one of the earliest civilisations, thriving when the ancient Greek civilisation was still in cultural nappies and the Roman empire was just a twinkle in the eye of mythical founder Aeneas. Witnessing a flaming sun make it’s daily journey below a Red Sea horizon or a butterfly-like felucca gliding down the Nile are [...]
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Postcard from an Egyptian sunset
Desert sunsets always seem especially spectacular. Sitting above a Bedouin camp in the Egyptian desert near Sharm el Sheik was proof enough of this for me. Watching from a high point above the camp provided moments of great peace and solitude before the festivities of the evening began. Lingering as long as I dared before [...]
Postcard from the Nile
Reproducing some of my favourite travel images like this one form the Nile for this new series of postcards is a really pleasing project. It is always fun to search through the albums and look at past photos, they bring so many great memories back. This image from the Nile on the banks of Cairo [...]
How the Army taught me to travel
The opportunities for travel in the Army are extensive, foreign postings, exercises/manoeuvres, deployments and adventurous training expeditions are a few of these. Initially most of my own travel experiences were of the ‘normal’ military kind, the first few on that list. Fortunately I was extremely lucky gaining qualifications in outdoor pursuits and spent a large [...]
Luxor – Egypt’s Museum City by the Nile
Visiting Luxor by means of an organised excursion will involve an extremely tight itinerary, visiting the Valley of the Kings, the Temples of Hatshepsut and Karnak, some factory visits, quickly grabbing lunch before finishing at the Temple of Luxor. The services of a guide are very welcome, they provide a constant stream of interesting facts, [...]
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