Wow ive been realllllly lazing with updating this recently... oops. Since the last time I updated this site, many moons ago, I've been up to a fair bit. I've landed myself a job in Cairo teaching English for starters. I start on the 15th April, so I've taken some recreational time out until the rigmarole of work begins once more. Actually in fairness it should be pretty interesting, but so is travelling the country. I've added some photos of my few days in Al...

Greetings once again! I am currently writing to you from Luxor, and nearing the end of a 5 day trip to "Upper Egypt" (Its actually in the South but as the Nile flows from South to North its knows as Upper Egypt). My journey began with a whopping 15 hour train ride from Cairo to Aswan which brought bak memoies of my Asia travelling days. 15 hours over night cramped in a chair, with the added bonus of the ticket inspectors choosing my carriage to come ...

Evening all, So ive been in Cairo almost 2 weeks now, its FLOWN by. I still havent got around to doing the whole touristy thing yet, ive mainly been networking! Ive met a bunch of family members who i dont really know and been spending time with my friends here. By "spending time" i obviously mean "getting drunk". Its pretty amusing how things work here, what with there being no rules an all. Getting drinks from an off licence usually invol...

Im finally here!! And the great news is that Cairo is just as busy, polluted and hectic as I had been told. I've been here a couple of days now and im slowly getting to grips with the fact that Im actually in Egypt, and im not going to wake up tomorrow morning and go to work in Borehamwood. My first concern when I got here was how to extend my 3 month tourist visa into something more long term. I had no idea that all it would take would be to show my dads exp...