Pic update

Finally got around to getting the South Africa pics up (wordpress recently changed their whole layout and made it harder to upload pics)
Pics are here

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Egypt Encompassed (ok I’m stealing tour names now, but it has such a good ring to it :P)

2008-04-12

Summary
- Cairo
- Mosque of Ahmed Ibn Tulun and Gayer Anderson Museum
- Citadel
- Hearing-impaired KFC
- Hard Rock Cafe
The train ride took about 13 to 14 hours; I didn’t manage much sleep this time. Upon arriving in Cairo at about 10:30 or so, we went straight to the hotel and checked in. We had decided on a [...]

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Nile Adventure

2008-04-02
Summary
- Arrival in Cairo
- Check-in at hotel
- Snooze, then shop
We managed to snooze for a while on our flight, arriving in Cairo at about 6am; watching the sun rising from the plane. Our experience at the airport is the swiftest we’ve ever encountered. We’d booked an arrival transfer and found the guy there waiting for [...]

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Botswana to Zambia

2008-03-26

Summary
- Okavango Delta campsite
- Mokoros deeper into Okavango Delta
- Game walk
- Cold shower
On Wednesday morning, we had brekky, then loaded out day packs onto the motorboats before jumping onboard ourselves; after signing another customary indemnity form like we get every other day. The motorboats took us through the Okavango channels for about an hour or [...]

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More pics

I have finished posting pics on the Joh’burg to Durban post, and have done several on ‘South Africa Continued’… I know I’m way behind!

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