At first sight, the Khan el Khalili market in Cairo looks straight out of the Arabian Nights. Picture this. Thin winding alleys of a labyrinthine district which...
Alexandria is one of my favourite places in Egypt and I visited it twice. Founded by none other than Alexander, the Great, the ancient city was the home of Quee...
On my first visit to Egypt, I went to Hurghada from Luxor. The drive to Hurghada was starkly picturesque. After leaving the urban reaches of Luxor, my car sped ...
Luxor is to Egypt, what Agra or Jaipur is to India. It is the crown jewel of the Egyptian tourism and is the most popular destination in the country. Luxor mean...
A friend of mine recently summed up Edfu as " the people are hospitable, the sunsets immaculate, the memories everlasting". Edfu was all of that and more. On my...
Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses had a vast, elaborately connected network and their mythological stories rival our own Indian ones in their larger than life...
There are markets and then there is the Cairo Friday Market. Popularly known as the Souq al Goma, this sprawling commercial jumble takes place under a highway f...