In my last two posts, I have sung praises of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. By this, I mean the southern part of the peninsula, because the north still remains closed...
I have not met anyone who did not like Dahab. Literally meaning “gold” in Arabic, Dahab can be best described as the "Goa of Egypt". Though I usually hate descr...
What can I say about Dahab without making it seem understated? That its golden mountains at sunset have an ethereal glow, and the Red Sea is the colour of pures...
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...
