Sharm el Sheikh

as good as it gets

 

As opposed to most obvious for the Red, this was where "the most elegant outfit" was found at the Old Market, where the premise of Camel was like the set of an American sitcom, where we befriended (or befiended) Mohammed, where the unusual waterfall (and later the solid precipitation) kept us well at sb like home... none of this would have any made sense without Ozge and Deniz needless to say.

Luxor

as good as it gets

Karnak was impressive. Most good things in the valleys though, either remain as mental images, or there is always the internet. Although walking along the Nile was not half as exciting as imagined, and way too many minutes were spent on the phone, there were also things like the red tent of mourning, Bob Marley, the most happening street corner and the street food, Egyptian stuffed pigeon....

and the world in Arabic.

Cairo

as good as it gets

Before I could even begin to visualise others' past, the luggage lost claim number CAIMS49157 came into my life and I went without luggage for the whole time in Egypt. Visited the pyramid, ticked the "I've been there" box, but I came out from the Great Pyramid laughing because there were so many tourists, the climbing was kind of fun and I had no idea what I had just seen.