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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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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Researching a Guide Book in Egypt
After six weeks travelling through Upper Egypt, Cairo and Alexandria we are now back in Berlin. Working in Egypt for …
Food in Alexandria: An Egyptian All-you-can-eat
Alexandrians are soo sophisticated when it comes to food. They like eating out and can choose from the full range …
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Our first donkey ride – a Luxor experience
The donkey is a common means of transport in Egypt: you see five-year-old boys, old women and peasants riding donkeys …
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