Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy)
- Tourism: Eco-tourism Holds Promise, Peril For Egyptian Oasis (dakhla)
npr (Peter Kenyon) With audio (4m 21sec) and photographs. At this time of year, Egypt's hotels and cruise ships are packed with thousands of visitors eager to see the Great Pyramids or Luxor's famed Valley of the Kings. But a quietly growing eco-tourism...
- Travel: Dakhla Oasis
New Stuff We will be starting our journey in the footsteps of Rohlfs this December 2009 from Dakhla Oasis. Below is some information about the place. Dakhla is among the most remote oases being far from both Cairo and Luxor. To get there from Cairo you...
- Daily Photo - Al Qasr
The Medieval town of Al Qasr is described so well by Jenny Jobbins in an article on Al Ahram Weekly, that I am simply going to refer you to her article. Here's her introduction, but do go to the article for the full story. The town of Al-Qasr, otherwise...
- Travel: Western Desert
Des Moines Register A very brief description of a tour to the Western Desert oases. We drove through the Kharga Depression, which contains one of the largest fields of small yardangs - rock ridges caused by wind and water erosion.The next day we traveled...
- Desert Day Trips
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6594"A travel article on the Tour Egypt website about traveling in comfort in the oases of the Western Desert of Egypt: "You don’t have to be a diehard camper to enjoy the beauty of Egypt’s Western...
Egypt
SnapShots - Bashendi
Al Ahram Weekly (Mohamed El-Hebeishy)
Dakhla Oasis is one of the Western Desert's five major oases. Dakhla, a cluster of much smaller oases, might be known for its Qasr Al-Dakhla (Dakhla Palace), a maze of narrow alleyways zigzagging into a full-fledged mediaeval Islamic village. The seemingly complicated labyrinth will take you to a journey back in time, with its ancient mosques, spacious madrasa and beautifully decorated mud-brick houses. But is that all Dakhla has to offer?
Bashandi, one of the small oases making up Dakhla, is a five- minute drive from the famous qasr. A reverent man once came to this small cut-off area, preaching to the people and calling the place home. When it was time and the sheikh died, he was buried in Bashandi. No one recalls his name, but if you want to visit his tomb, you won't get lost. Just ask for the tomb of Al-Pasha Hindi. Now you know how Basha-(he)ndi acquired its name.
- Tourism: Eco-tourism Holds Promise, Peril For Egyptian Oasis (dakhla)
npr (Peter Kenyon) With audio (4m 21sec) and photographs. At this time of year, Egypt's hotels and cruise ships are packed with thousands of visitors eager to see the Great Pyramids or Luxor's famed Valley of the Kings. But a quietly growing eco-tourism...
- Travel: Dakhla Oasis
New Stuff We will be starting our journey in the footsteps of Rohlfs this December 2009 from Dakhla Oasis. Below is some information about the place. Dakhla is among the most remote oases being far from both Cairo and Luxor. To get there from Cairo you...
- Daily Photo - Al Qasr
The Medieval town of Al Qasr is described so well by Jenny Jobbins in an article on Al Ahram Weekly, that I am simply going to refer you to her article. Here's her introduction, but do go to the article for the full story. The town of Al-Qasr, otherwise...
- Travel: Western Desert
Des Moines Register A very brief description of a tour to the Western Desert oases. We drove through the Kharga Depression, which contains one of the largest fields of small yardangs - rock ridges caused by wind and water erosion.The next day we traveled...
- Desert Day Trips
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6594"A travel article on the Tour Egypt website about traveling in comfort in the oases of the Western Desert of Egypt: "You don’t have to be a diehard camper to enjoy the beauty of Egypt’s Western...