Benz’s Blog

Egypt and Jordan

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Mon, 26 May 2008 00:14:12 +0300

This blog contains the daily entries of 50 days spent in Egypt and Jordan from 17th Nov. 2007 to 5th Jan. 2008. My latest pictures and most up to date stuff can be found at the Benz World Blog.

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Web pages going up

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:08:29 +0200

Petra, Jordan Khan el Khalili, Cairo Hotels from Space, Dahab Kerak Castle, Jordan

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Heading Home

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:07:03 +0200

The time has come to pack our bags for the last time and ready ourselves for the 19hr stopover flight back to the UK. Last night we got out the map to see what we had done. It breaks down something like this: 200 miles on foot,320 miles by boat,8...

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Abou El Sid

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:08:35 +0200

Most of the food we have eaten on this trip has been either cheap tasty Egyptian or five star westernised hotel food. Today we had a recommendation from some French tourists and we tried our first five star Egyptian food. We knew we had found some...

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Training Day

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:54:47 +0200

Last night we returned to Cairo. The first class sleeper train was full so we got the second class day train. We had prepared ourselves for the worst, as it only cost £5 for a 600 mile journey. Over all we were pleasantly surprised. The seats had ...

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Wildlife

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:15:45 +0200

This blog would not be complete without mentioning the wildlife. We have seen lots of cats. At one point Karen had seven watching her eat a seafood dinner. Despite this we have seen many species of birds: Kingfishers, Vultures, Eagles, Herons, Wag...

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Nubians

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:20:10 +0200

Since travelling south of Luxor we have met many Nubians. The Nubians lost their homeland in the sixties, when Lake Nasser was formed, during the construction of The High Dam. About one third of them went south to Sudan and the rest seem to be spr...

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Lake Nosha

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:46:24 +0200

We set sail on Christmas Eve bound for Abu Simbel on Lake Nasser. The food onboard has been the best we have tasted for a while so after gorging ourselves on a huge buffet lunch we were both ready to doze off when we heard the gong for dinner. We ...

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Ballooning Tombs

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:01:27 +0200

We went to bed early as we had a 5am pickup for a sunrise balloon ride over Deir-el-Medina and the Luxor tombs and temples. Take off and landing were a gentle affair as was the flight. The basket was split into five sections, the captain at the ce...

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The West Bank

nobody@vox.com(Benz) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:19:00 +0200

We arrived back in Luxor this morning. On advice from some Aussie backpackers we decided to stay on the West Bank of the Nile this time. Although the two big temples are on the East so are all the tourist traps. The West Bank feels like a world aw...

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