Monthly Archives: March 2010
Egyptian Wedding
As soon as we arrived to Cairo, our Couchsurfing guides, Mohey and Mahmoud, invited us and our host, Dawn, to the wedding of Mahmoud’s cousin. We had not quite recovered from our flight from South Africa to Cairo, but we … Continue reading
Finding Magic in Egyptian Cities
Somewhere in the middle of the chaotic city of Cairo lies a series of side streets and dusty alleyways known as “Old Cairo“. Although located right behind the busy subway stop to the tourist frequented Coptic museum, one would never … Continue reading
You Are Now Approaching The Middle East
Middle East Lonely Planet countries: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey,Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Iraq Countries we visited: Eypyt, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Turkey Introduction: The Middle East is a highly controversial and misunderstood region of the world. We did not feel like we really began to … Continue reading
Things We Learned and Liked-South Africa
Things we learned: Currency: Rand (7.5 Rand=$1 USD) Cities Visited: Kalk Bay, Stellenbosch, Cape Town There are 11 official languages in South Africa and we met many people who spoke at least two of them. Afrikaans is the language of … Continue reading
Invictus
Although our time in Cape Town was short, we still had the opportunity to learn more about the history of South Africa and how it had affected those that we met during our time there. The downfall of apartheid and … Continue reading