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Dahab is a slice of paradise
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India

Dahab Travel Guide and Tips

In my last two posts, I have sung praises of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. By this, I mean the southern part […]

May 23, 2020
The sun-kissed beaches of Dahab
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India, Top Experiences, Travel Extras

Top 5 reasons to skip Hurghada or Sharm and head to Dahab, the “Goa of Egypt”

I have not met anyone who did not like Dahab. Literally meaning “gold” in Arabic, Dahab can be best described […]

May 22, 2020
the mountains and the sea of the sinai peninsula
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India

Is it safe to visit the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt?

What can I say about Dahab without making it seem understated? That its golden mountains at sunset have an ethereal […]

May 21, 2020
qaitbay castle at alexandria
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, […]

May 18, 2020
hurghada snorkeling
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 […]

May 17, 2020
karnak trmple in luxor
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 […]

May 11, 2020
The exquisitely engraved walls of Edfu temple
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”. […]

May 10, 2020
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 […]

May 6, 2020
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