Day 113 - El Alamain & Marsa Matrouh Point of departure: Alexandria Point of arrival : Marsa Matrouh Accommodation: Beau Site Hotel, Marsa Matrouh Km travelled today: 275 kmCum: 18 908km (gravel 0km cum 4 649km) Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Tobruk, Libya No of photos: 93 (cum 5 214) It felt good to be on the road again. A fairly gentle start leaving Alexandria and not too much trouble finding the road west, despite early morning rush hour tr...

Day 110 to 112 - 17th to 19th February Point of departure: Cairo Point of arrival : Alexandria Accommodation: Mercure Romance Hotel, Alexandria (www.accorhotels.com) Km travelled today: 255 kmCum: 18 633km (gravel 0kmcum 4 649km) Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? El Alamein & Mersa Matruh No of photos: 139 (cum 5 121) Happily, our possessions from Novotel in Sharm el Sheikh arrived as promised and we were able to depart Cairo at about 12h15. We...

Day 109 - Cairo Point of departure : Sharm el Sheikh Point of arrival : Cairo Accommodation: Dusit Thani Lakeview Hotel (www.dusit.com) Km travelled today: 156km (cum 1 378km) Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Alexandria Another ridiculously and impossibly early start!!! (04h45 wake up) to be collected at 05h30, airport at 06h00, departure by 07h00. Hey this was supposed to be a holiday! Anyway, Emeco made our morning with yet another upgrade to busi...

Day 104 to 108 - 11th to 15th February - Red Sea Scuba Diving Point of departure : Sharm el Sheikh Point of arrival : Red Sea Accommodation: King Snefro Liveaboard Km travelled today N/A Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Sharm el Sheikh No of photos: 310 (cum 4 982)) Another early wake-up call (we know, don't ask) for our trip to St Catherine's Monastery - 230km from Sharm el Sheikh in the Sinai Desert. St Catherine's is a Greek Orthodox Monastery se...

Day 103 - fly to Sharm el Sheikh Point of departure : Cairo Point of arrival : Sharm el Sheikh Accommodation: Novotel Sharm Beach Hotel (www.novotel.com) Km travelled today: N/A Countries so far: 9/16 Where to next? Liveaboard on the Red Sea We said our farewells to Dani and Sim last night, as we had an early start (06h00) to Cairo airport and then to Sharm el Sheikh. An upgrade to business class, even though for only an hour flight, was a pleasant surpr...