Trip of a Life Time – Part 7 – Egypt (continued)

If you search back a month or so you’ll see my report on the train journey southwards to Aswan from Cairo – a seat in an overnight train packed full of families and the like. To wake in the morning (after very little sleep of course – two hours if lucky) and see we were …

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Train Journeys – Cairo to Aswan (Egypt)

There’s no doubt that Egypt is a stunning and unforgettable place to travel. With such large distances between places, and little but desert between them, apart from flying trains are probably the best way to get around. It was 1999 when I went to Egypt, and the country was a lot happier than it can …

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