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Over the North side our water if different..
I was wondering as at the river head is at the end of the street it's like fort knox where the pumps are.
the...
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I'm off for my Saturday stroll along the market to The Eagle, read the papers but first came across this:
As the old saying goes:
He who keeps one eye on the past is blind in one eye
But he who...
As mentioned elsewhere, I spend some time on family history research. As a child of the WWII years I am also recording my experiences of those years. This has become more of a 'Life Story', an...
Today, 6th of January marks Epihany. The day that the Wisemen, or Magi, arrived at the end of their journey in Bethleham to find the new babe - the Christ child.
According to the news-
“A university has scrapped the term 'trigger warning' because it fears its use alone could upset snowflake students.Warwick University has deemed the phrase too 'provocative'...
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Or it could be because it belittles a section of manual workers who sweep the streets, by association with a disgustingly portrayed man with learning difficulties on the TV!
It took me a while to...
Legendary thriller writer Wilbur Smith dies 'unexpectedly' at home in Cape Town aged 88 having spent the morning reading and writing with his wife Niso
Don't ask why, I first became enraptured by Sherlock Holmes and the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
I know as much about them as I do about James Bond and Lt Cdr Ian Lancaster Fleming.
A Scotsman with...
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Look up how many times MI6 have been sued.
Shows you what a bunch of self entitled tossers they really are.
Here is a big and positive post on tourism – sort of.
I assume that those who support Egyptian tourism know one thing. What is the tourist guide to an Egyptian city which is...
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I am not sure about your question, but I think I know what your are talking about. I have been studying many traveling company and already know their best real-life practices. When I travelled to...
I received this book about nightlife in the roaring 20's in Cairo a month ago.
Quite interesting as the now closed Windsor hotel is just around the corner from emad al-din street in Ezbekiyya.
8)
Holidaying in egypt for many months of the year I always missed the feel, the fun, the smell of a newspaper.
Here I read local rags and always Saturday's Grauniad.
20 odd years ago reading a local...
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So, I wasn't wrong about India..
I often get asked when am I returning to Egypt ?
I mean... 47 covid cases on one plane/sardine can from Delhi,
let's face it, think about all those poor refugee...
The weather in the window this morning
is snow, unseasonal singular flakes,
a slow winter’s final shiver. On such an occasion
to presume to eulogise one...
I have now been procrastinating for nearly 12 months, it will be 1 year on 1st February since returning
from Luxor, and will probably be another 12 months...
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Probably better to write the autobiography and call it a novel, :tk .. Save all the lawsuits, and keep the Rozzers from your door...... 8)
All characters and events portrayed in this autobiography...
Sherlock Holmes and the true-life triumph: Framed for sickening crimes, a young Indian turned to the creator of literature's greatest detective. The result? A tale as enthralling as any Conan Doyle...
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What a great article! Thanks for posting the link, Hatusu!
Or better known as lobsang rampa..
Even His Holiness The Dalai Lama had it, who didn't way back then ?
Came across this interesting article in today's travel section of the Gruaniad...
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