I have described the first part of the trip in this post. After leaving the Pyramids and Abou Shakra restaurant, our driver took us to Key of Life Papyrus, a store for papyrus related articles. The owner showed us how papyrus is made. The stalk of the papyrus reed is cut into thin strips which …
As mentioned in the posts here and here, our journey to South Africa began with a long stopover in Cairo. And we took advantage of the eleven hours we had to take a day tour.
On our way to Johannesburg, we had a stopover in Cairo, for nearly half a day. Naturally, we decided to use it for a city tour. So the next question became, did we require a tourist visa to do so. Web wisdom suggested yes, we needed one. And both the tour operators I checked with …
Last January, I heard a podcast on Amateur Traveler about a Botswana safari and knew that we had to make that the theme for our next vacation. While I was trying to arrange that trip, it became clear that we did not have the budget to go proceed with that safari. Besides the safari provider …