Egypt
- Gilf Kebir - Join The Club
Gulf Life (Richard Hoath) The Gilf Kebir, on the south-western corner of Egypt’s Western Desert – remote, uninhabited, virtually rainless – holds a particular place in desert lore. Named and mapped only as recently as 1926 by Prince Kamal Al-Din,...
- Travel: Sahara Safari
Deccan Herald (Arjun Manjunath) A description of a brief trip to Farafra's splendid White Desert. The reference to "the most amazing desert cheese" made me feel like abandoning rainy London and getting straight on a plane! Gibna beida is something...
- Al Ahram Weekly Snapshot: White Desert
Al Ahram Weekly It’s not the work of some talented artist; it's purely natural. Mohamed El-Hebeishy sets out to discover the artistic beauty of the White Desert. A mushroom, a chicken or perhaps a rabbit are all examples of the various shapes that...
- Travel: Desert Day-trips
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7266"A short drive out of the city will put you in a whole new world of vast dunes and bare rock. There’s so much to see and experience that you don’t necessarily have to be a happy camper to enjoy...
- 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
Travel: The Western Desert
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=428000
It is always good to see the Western Desert being featured in travel stories, for a change. This article describes the highlights of a family's trip to the Egyptian Western Desert, picking out some of their more memorable moments: "We merely dipped our toes into that vast sea of sand, so to speak, but it was such an exhilarating experience that I have difficulty picking out the highlights of our five-day desert trek. Most times I chose our night of desert camping, awed by chalk-white rock formations that seem more appropriate to the moon's terrain than to Earth. Some days it's our family's early morning ride with 34 camels, accompanied only by two Egyptian boys taking the herd to the day's pasture. Other times it's our three-hour hike through the Old City of Mut, a labyrinth of dusty lanes and mud-brick homes that dates to the Roman era - and a village that, except for the occasional satellite dish bringing the modern convenience of television, seems to have changed little over the centuries."
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- Gilf Kebir - Join The Club
Gulf Life (Richard Hoath) The Gilf Kebir, on the south-western corner of Egypt’s Western Desert – remote, uninhabited, virtually rainless – holds a particular place in desert lore. Named and mapped only as recently as 1926 by Prince Kamal Al-Din,...
- Travel: Sahara Safari
Deccan Herald (Arjun Manjunath) A description of a brief trip to Farafra's splendid White Desert. The reference to "the most amazing desert cheese" made me feel like abandoning rainy London and getting straight on a plane! Gibna beida is something...
- Al Ahram Weekly Snapshot: White Desert
Al Ahram Weekly It’s not the work of some talented artist; it's purely natural. Mohamed El-Hebeishy sets out to discover the artistic beauty of the White Desert. A mushroom, a chicken or perhaps a rabbit are all examples of the various shapes that...
- Travel: Desert Day-trips
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7266"A short drive out of the city will put you in a whole new world of vast dunes and bare rock. There’s so much to see and experience that you don’t necessarily have to be a happy camper to enjoy...
- 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...