This is a s*** website but I am stuck with it for this trip. I will type this one again. I braved the subway this morning. It was pretty easy til I got to Giza. Then I got picked up by a scammer. I have had every scam know tried on me and I got done twice today. You know you going to get done you just have to limit it. So the scammer lives in Sharm and is visiting his sister in the area. I'm OK to use him till I get to the ticket office then I will dump him. He ...

My flight from Lalibela was delayed by a couple of hours. My original plan was to go to Addis and get a room for few hours and come back to airport at 1am for my flight. With the late flight I decided to hang around at airport. I know the most boring airport in the world now. I arrived in Cairo at 6.30 in the morning and it is 28deg and predicted to get to 38. Lovin it. I found a hotel and they have room but not now so I left my bag and went to explore. I'm in t...

Ethiopia. What an amazing country. I've seen some amazing things and I can't believe it is one country. The north and south are so totally different. The south are so primitive and the government do nothing for them. The north is so historic and they get everything from the government and some rubbish roads. I'm soo happy to be leaving, the kids are relentless. In the south it is "you you money" or "photo 5birr". In the north it is "hello money" and they are mor...

After yesterday on the bus I wasn't too sure about it today. The first bus ran like clockwork. Left about on time, I had a good seat. No real problems and arrived on time. Then I had to make a connection from Waldia to Lalibela. As usual the bus didn't stop at the bus stop but somewhere in town so I had to take a bajaj to the station. The buses here don't leave on schedule, they go when they are full. This one took the longest, 3hr. By the time we got enough pas...

What a nightmare? I got a deal from some shady bloke in town for a ride to Mekele. That's what we do to try to avoid the bus station. It costs a little more but we are talking a couple of bucks. So he is supposed to pick me up at 6am. I'm waiting and thinking he has forgotten me and he showed up at about 6.20. He said the car is coming, and I know it is not a car but a mini bus. About 20min later a Baja (tuk tuk) came for me. He seemed to know just enough about m...