Egypt
Practical information
You find those locations here where posts with useful information are available—such as maps, practical details, guides, instructions, etc.—in addition to the many accompanying photos.
Sinai
The following posts are on my another website, named Discover Sinai, dedicated to adventure, nature and culture in Sinai.
- The Sinai - Overview - Map, cities and settlements, Bedouin culture and tribes.
- Attractions - Map, list and info about the main attractions in the mountains, desert, and along the coast.
- Gardens - A very unique feature of the high mountains around St. Catherine is the millennia-old gardening tradition of the local Bedouin people.
- Activities - Overview.
- Routes & Maps - 26 hiking, trekking, walking and camel safari routes with description, Google Maps, and photos, plus 4 off-road 4x4 safari routes with maps. A sample of each is provided below.
- Trek 1: Mt. Sinai (Jebel Musa) and Jebel Safsafa - Hiking in the high mountains.
- Trek 16: Nawamis Site, Jebel Matamir, Jebel Barqa and Haduda Sand Dune - Walking/camel safari in the desert.
- Circuit 1: The big tour – coast, desert and St. Katherine - 4x4 safari around South Sinai.
Other posts
Posts with little written information but many photos of different locations, attractions, events.
Short videos of traditional Bedouin life (2008-9)
Two composting toilets (2019)
St Catherine
- The Bedouin gardens of the Sinai mountains in autumn (2024)
- Sinai gardens - again (2019)
- Bedouin wedding - Ramadan Abu Ghalaba (2019)
- Bedouin wedding in St Catherine (2015)
- Mount Sinai Egypt (2016)
- The Sinai High Mountain Region (2016)
- Tahawa (2013)
- Floods in Sinai (2013)
- Snow in Sinai, Egypt (2013)
- Baraka Gardens (2009)
- Snow in Egypt (2009)
- Zuara - Bedouin event in Sinai (2007)
- Abu Jidda - the hidden garden (2007)
- EU project in Sinai (2007)
- Bedouin picnic (2007)
- The friendly people of St Catherine (2006)
- St Catherine and Mt Sinai (2005)
- A lucky escape (2011)
South Sinai
- The Sinai desert (2016)
- Flowering deserts in Sinai (2014)
- Sinai Camel Race - Wadi Zalaga (2014)
- Bedouin encampments in Sinai (2013)
- Ponds in the Sinai desert (2012)
- Dahab Bedouin Festival (2011)
- Trekking in South Sinai (2010)
- Exploring Sinai (2008)
- Ein Hodra oasis and the White Canyon (2005)
Cairo
- Farewell to Cairo (2016)
- Cairo camel market (2005)
Alexandria - Mediterranean chill (2005)
Siwa Oasis - A Berber town near the Lybian border (2005)
Aerial view of the Pyramids of Egypt, Ras Mohammed & Sharm el Sheikh (2024)
First visit to Egypt (1992)
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