Monthly Archives: October 2014

FIRE BOMBS AND A DAYLIGHT SHOOTING IN ASWAN – PART 1

  HELLO + WELCOME as always. In this post we make it to the land of the pharaohs. Egypt! It’s Gareth writing today. Egypt had never been on my list of ‘must travel’ countries.  Egypt didn’t excite me. Sure it has the pyramids, the Valley of the Kings and lots of other historic attractions but […]

THE FERRY FROM SUDAN TO EGYPT

  HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, overland across Africa. It’s Kirsty here and today I’m writing about taking the ferry from Sudan to Egypt, one of the most memorable days in Africa.     6AM. Ferry day had arrived! We had been in Wadi Halfa waiting for this day and the […]

WHEN GARETH BECAME AN HONORARY WOMAN FOR THE DAY

  HELLO + WELCOME as we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa. It’s Kirsty writing today. Let’s go…     We arrived in Wadi Halfa our final port of call in Sudan or a blisteringly hot day. Which is to say it felt like any other day in Sudan. Our fixer for the ferry […]