I started this blog in the easiest way: describing my daily experiences in a chronological manner with quite a lot of details. This is mostly for me to remember when I did what. Writing my drafts in the train I…
Egyptology in Upper Egypt – summary
I spent five days in Upper Egypt, traveling by train. While the Pyramid in Lower Egypt are the masterpieces of the Old Kingdom (and the tomb of Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty), the Upper Egypt is more related to the…
Pyramids day!
Friday is actually the day off in Egypt, some people go shopping. Phillip and I spend also an expensive day, but the very particular one: we hire a private taxi and went discovering the Pyramids, first Dahshur and Saqqara, then…
Cairo
I spend a few days visiting Cairo with Phillip and Joshua (who we used to call Ibrahim in the public space), as we were all of us hosted by Nagui. Discovery the “Islamic Cairo” was very interesting, walking through the…
First day in Cairo
I landed in Cairo without having planing that much what I gonna do in Egypt, I just had a cell friend of a Couchsurfer that I was supposed to meet at 10 pm! Coming out in the airport, thousand people…
Couchsurfing
Do do know Couchsurfing? It is a very convenient platform (couchsurfing.org) to meet new people. When you travel, you contact a « couchsurfer » who can give you some tips about his city, or host you at his place, so you are…
Sprint before leaving
Almost 2 am, the last night before taking my first flight (at 10:40 am): what a last exhausting day! In the morning, I got my visa for Iran, had to pay the urgent procedure (75€) at the consulate on Friday…
Getting the visas
Living in Germany, I checked the visa requirement for the countries I want to visit. While most of the touristic places offer « Visa On Arrival » (VOA), other require that you get the visa from your own country before leaving home.…
Unusual route?
It might be a big mistake or a nice surprise: I did not spend so much time to prepare my trip, I prefer being flexible and spontaneous. I love biking, but I don’t want to spend so many time only…
Idea of a world trip
Remember the description of the modern life in the introduction of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainspotting_%28film%29]Trainspotting[/url]? You get pushed to get always more. And the more you get, the more you wonder what for! We pretend to have the liberty, but do the people…