When everyone always says that the Red Sea has some of the best diving in the world, they are seriously not exaggerating. We decided to go to Dahab, not expecting anything of the town itself and hoping to do a couple of dives while were there. But once we arrived in Dahab we realized that we had found our little oasis in Egypt. Dahab is Koh Samui (without the people) meets Arabian Nights - coastline studded with floor-cushion strewn restaurants, shisha pipes, fre...

We woke up refreshed after a night on the train and were served breakfast in our compartment by our very friendly steward. Right toffs we are! The Egyptian diet presented itself in its full glory again with 4 types of bread, 3 types of jam and a cheese triangle. It filled the gap, we washed it down with some teaand saddled up our backpacks for our next adventure. Aswan is in the southern-most city in Egypt that can be accessed independently - any further towards...

Egypt: Cairo and Western Desert Cairo airport 02h00 - Terminal 2. The brochure says: "After the completion of the Terminal 1 we will speed up the completion of Terminal 2". There is speed and then there is Egyptian speed which according to the Lonely Planet means "Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?" You hear the term In-Shah-Allah (God willing) everywhere. E.g. "OK driver, so we see you tomorrow to pick us up at 09h00?...