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Wadi Risch Rasch

We did a little desert trip labeled “Following the footsteps of King Farouk, the last king of Egypt” Roughly  70km outside of Cairo, after the Helwan toll-road, the driver literally took a 90degree left turn off the highway into the desert.  No markers or signs, just a GPS and a broken down concrete barrier showed [...]

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Celebrations in Misr

Tonight Egypt continue to dominate their appearances in the Africa Cup of Nations.  A 1-0 win over Ghana secured their championship and put the streets of Cairo into a frenzy.   We joint revellers in the streets of Mustafa Nahas Street, Madinet Nasr soaking up the celebrations. Fun was had by all, from 1 year old [...]

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Cairo and Working Online

This post will breakdown the various tech that I’m using to continue work while travelling and studying in Cairo. Firstup is hardware. I’m using a medium level Asus Notebook – K50ij series with 2gigs of ram, 320g storage, Intel Dual Core T4300.   This has surprised me with its speed and ability to multi-task with Photoshop, [...]

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