A complete Nile cruise experience and guide
The Nile Cruise is a time honoured way to explore Egypt. During the nineteenth and early twentieth-century travelers, a Nile […]
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos
Aswan souq photo tour
“You are going to Aswan, then you must get me some peanuts and karkade. Aswan souq is the best place […]
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
Our experience of slow traveling in Aswan
Aswan is my favourite place in Egypt. It has the loveliest setting on the Nile and the river there is […]
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India, Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Travel Tips
The complete 2 days in Aswan guide
On my first visit to Egypt, I very much looked forward to the overnight train journey to Aswan. The maddening […]
Middle East, Money Matters, Outside India, Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Yemen
Socotra Travel Guide
The four islands group of Socotra are located around 217 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast and approximately 130 off […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Sanaa travel: the quirks, the beauty, and the shocks
The post landing formalities at Sanaa airport were very smooth. The single immigration window for non Yemeni passport holders was […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Socotra Yemen: travel dreams go from awesome to horrible.
My last few days in Socotra Yemen were spent holed up in my Taj Socotra Hotel room. I alternated between […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
A completely empty Moumi Plateau: the desert rose forest,
I left Qalanciya with a heavy heart. Our destination was the Moumi Plateau. Qalanciya was such a perfect place. We […]
Cairo Chronicles, Expat Life, Food Thoughts, Travel Extras
The power of food memories: the taste of childhood
The Corona lockdown has hit me hard. I am going absolutely berserk. Being in Egypt feels like an imposition now […]