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Discovering Egypt with Desert Divers Dahab

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Peter Bateman | 0 Comments

In recent years Egypt’s people have suffered the devastation of a crumbling tourism industry – Ancient wonders, Mediterranean and Red Sea coastlines, post card scenery and thousands of years of food and culture remain. The tourists have not. Failed revolutions and unfortunate airline disasters have given Egypt a largely unwarranted reputation for danger. Infrastructure once used to transport and accommodate…

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Freediving 66 Feet Under the Ocean

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Peter Bateman | 0 Comments

Ever since I learned how to breath underwater with SCUBA, freediving was almost immediately next on my bucket list. Despite almost three years of diving, I’ve never had the time, or perhaps courage, to try it properly. However, thankfully with a little push from Desert Divers Dahab, I’m officially an AIDA free diver. Freediving might take place under water but it’s…

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Cruising Like Cleopatra

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Leslie Patrick | 4 Comments

The Nile River is a sparkling ribbon of life snaking through Egypt’s otherwise inhospitable desert. For thousands of years, Egyptians have worshipped the Nile, their lives revolving around the mighty river’s ebbs and flows. Nowadays, with the construction of modern dams, pipes and barriers, the Nile has become a more reliable waterway, and is a favorite cruising destination for those…

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A Few Hours In Luxor

Posted on June 2, 2012 by helenabrahamphotographyblog | 1 Comments

I haven’t posted at all this week and that’s mainly because I have spent the bulk of my time, since Monday, on an aeroplane on a crazy route that has shown me (or at least seen me touch down in) Jordan, Ethiopia, Israel, Portugal, America and finally I am on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. I didn’t get much…

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Twenty Six Hours in Alexandria, Egypt

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Marilyn | 0 Comments

A fast-moving French train leaving from Ramses Station in Cairo will take you to the ancient city of Alexandria in a comfortable three hours. This city, on the coast of the Mediterranean sea, beautifully mixes Middle Eastern and European flavors and breathes a rich history that takes you into days gone by. How do you capture this city when you…

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The Temple of Edfu – Part III (Portland to Egypt)

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Lesley | 0 Comments

The Temple of Edfu was our next destination in Egypt. To date, our journey through Egypt has taken us around Lower Egypt (which is the northern part of Egypt, named for the direction the Nile River flows, not north or south, as the name would suggest). We began in Cairo spending two and a half days where we relaxed at…

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The Lost Pyramid of Meidum

Posted on March 19, 2012 by karinaschroeder | 1 Comments

We had heard about the lost pyramid of Meidum, the disastrous and forgotten precursor to the Great Pyramid of Giza. We wanted to see the failure so it went on our bucket list. After traveling for over two hours in rural Egypt on a journey that was only supposed to take one, we began to realize just how big of…

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Cairo Coffee Shops

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Marilyn | 0 Comments

Sitting in crowded outdoor Cairo coffee shops, drinking mint tea and partaking of the occasional shisha, talking for hours while time stands still – this is the Cairo, Egypt coffee-house. People watching, politic talking, reminiscing and bonding, the evenings during our recent trip stretched long into the night. Occasionally Backgammon emerged and two of the family played while the rest of…

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Climbing Mount Sinai

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Lesley | 5 Comments

Jerry and I were in Egypt. It was a dream come true. We’d already been to Jordan and Israel on this trip and had seen and experienced so much! Our first day in Egypt we were in the Sinai Peninsula and stayed in a rather rustic resort at St Catherine’s. There we were presented with a unique opportunity! Go to…

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