I finished my second day of diving at Sharm today.  It was the beautiful reef fish here 15 years ago that prompted me to take up diving 5 years later. It’s like a full circle that I’ve returned now to try diving in Sharm.  But after 10 years of diving in SE Asia, I think […]

Resort holiday, for a change Despite getting in after midnight, I was  up around 0700.  I went for the very good buffet breakfast downstairs before exploring the resort. I don’t normally stay in such luxury, but there is a story behind this one.  This time last year, I had to accept a cold damp room […]

Above:  One can see the pyramids faintly through Cairo’s pollution. My departure for for Hong Kong via Istanbul tonight is 2025 which would require a departure from town about 1630. Last night, I had negotiated a late checkout of 1400 for free with the hotel. A standard checkout of 1200 doesn’t leave much time for […]

At the pyramids This morning, I set out for the Great Pyramids at Giza. Hopefully, I’d be third time lucky aas the first and second times I didn’t get to go inside of the big pyramids. The hotel had offered a car for USD35 including waiting time and going to the Egyptian museum (10 minutes […]

There was no online availability for an earlier train to Cairo so I had booked for 1200 midday. I’m sure I could have booked at a station and got a ticket for an earlier one. But I enjoyed the relaxing morning until I had to leave the hotel at 1100. It was going to be […]

After breakfast, I took the minivan public transport along the Corniche to the far end at the west. I got off near Fort Qaitbey which I had no intention of visiting. I walked around the area of the Eastern Harbour to have a better picture of the fort and rough waters of the Med. What […]

A man boards the train at one of the stops after midnight. He was unhappy to find that his seat was taken by someone else who wanted to be closer to his travelling party. There was lots of shouting. I dozed in and out. Towards the end there was a security guy with a rifle […]