Friday Market in Cairo‘s City of the Dead
There are markets and then there is the Cairo Friday Market. Popularly known as the Souq al Goma, this sprawling […]
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India
Africa, Egypt, Outside India
Alexandria memories
Alexandria is one of my favourite places in Egypt and I visited it twice. Founded by none other than Alexander, […]
Africa, Egypt, Outside India
Hurghada fun
On my first visit to Egypt, I went to Hurghada from Luxor. The drive to Hurghada was starkly picturesque. After […]
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India
The luxury of Luxor
Luxor is to Egypt, what Agra or Jaipur is to India. It is the crown jewel of the Egyptian tourism […]
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India
An Edfu morning
A friend of mine recently summed up Edfu as ” the people are hospitable, the sunsets immaculate, the memories everlasting”. […]
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India
Blue gold colours of the Philae Temple in Aswan
Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses had a vast, elaborately connected network and their mythological stories rival our own Indian ones […]
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India
The charming Khan el Khalili market in Cairo
At first sight, the Khan el Khalili market in Cairo looks straight out of the Arabian Nights. Picture this. Thin […]