A boat ride to Banana Island
The felucca ride to Banana Island is a popular trip from Luxor. But where is that island? „Felucca? Banana Island?“ …
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The Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan
The Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan is a traveller’s legend. It was built around 1900 by Thomas Cook to house …
Visiting Middle Egypt as tourists – home of Akhenaton and Nefertiti
Next to the Horus Resort, an ugly concrete fountain greets nearly non-existent travellers to Middle Egypt. Whenever we walk the …
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El Gouna – Disney Venice with eternal sunshine
“El Gouna is not Egypt! It feels very artificial and European!” people had told us. And finally we went there …
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Navigating Hurghada
Once upon a time Hurghada was a small fishing village, located next to the Red Sea with a number of …
The Amarna exhibition in Berlin invites the blind to see Nefertiti
A hundred years after the discovery of the famous Nefertiti bust, the Berlin Egyptological Museum is showing off finds from …
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The buff – an unexpectedly useful addition to our travel equipment
Have you noticed those light-weight sleeves of technical wear in the outdoor shops? Some of them have really eye-catching colours …
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2000 years of history in Charlottenburg’s museums
On a rainy Saturday we finally visited two of Charlottenburg’s museums we had had on our sightseeing list for quite …
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Graffiti in Neukölln – Writings on the wall
Neukölln, the area where we live in Berlin, is full of graffiti. Some are wittier than others. Some stay longer …
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Wuthering Wainwrights – Walks in the English Lake District
“I’m doing the Wainwrights,” Catherine explains and points at her goal for today’s hike, a minor peak above Borrowdale. “Have …
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