On days when we have guests, one of the guides drives me and Ibrahim to the desert camp around 1PM. Ibrahim is the camp cook and caretaker. He takes out the groceries and supplies from the village for the overnight guests, cleans the camp from the last day’s guests, prepares dinner and smokes a lot…
Tag: Egypt
Acclimating in Aqaba
There’s something about seaside towns. They’re more laid back and chill than other places. Aqaba, Jordan is the epitome of this – a hip little town on the Red Sea. As hip as you can get in the Middle East and the Kingdom of Jordan. I will be living and volunteering in Wadi Rum for…
In Tahrir Square
At least once a day I visit Tahrir Square. It’s a 15 minute walk through the hotel blockades, across three busy streets, and past the Egyptian Museum. Protestors have blocked Tahrir Square to traffic with metal barriers and barbed wire. There’s been an ongoing sit-in at the Square since November 22nd when President Morsi issued…
Conspicuous in Cairo
There was something exciting and adventurous about traveling to Cairo. The world watched Egypt’s Arab Spring live from Tahrir Square as the revolution unfolded. A revolution that was successful in ousting President Mubarak. But the honeymoon is over and Egyptians grow more frustrated each day with President Morsi. There’s exciting and adventurous and there’s ‘what…
Twenty Years From Now... 