Dec 27, 2008 - Siwa, sanctuary of tradition.

The trip to Siwa was well worth the 10 hours of bus ride to get there from Cairo. Siwa is simply divine and nowhere else you could find such a place like this on earth! It was as if part of heaven had fallen off the sky and landed somewhere...

Nov 15, 2007 - Siwa

Now this is what I thought the desert would be! Nothing but sand for miles and miles. It was a long local bus ride from Alexandria and as we approached the Oasis it got green with plants and Palm trees. We're only 5o k's from the Libya border, I'd run...

May 22, 2007 - Baharia-Siwa

The drive to Siwa from bahariya takes 9hours on the jeep. Because we had more than six americans, we needed special escort service of an armed guard for the duration. There were also 8 military checkpoints along the way. Apparently since we are so close to Libya, the security situation...

Sep 15, 2006 - What's The Story Morning Glory? (Siwa Oasis, Egypt)

The image I conjure when hear the term "oasis" is one formed in my childhood thanks to Bugs Bunny cartoons and old Sinbad the Sailor movies so I was filled with both curosity and apprehension on the long bus ride from Alex to the Siwa oasis. I was curious to...

Oct 14, 2005 - The Western Desert

There's always one, no matter where you go. We have been belting along in a old landcruiser across the barren landscape of Egypt's western desert. The desert is quite beautiful, rock formations breaking the monotony, the odd wild camel here and there. We stop for lunch under a huge rock...