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Egypt

Diving Dahab

November 25, 2009

Dahab wins the prize for the city we have stayed in the longest, 11 days. It is a very laid back town along the Red Sea on the Sinai Peninsula. We stayed at the Penguin Village Hotel, which offered great budget lodging, and fantastic sea views. Besides relaxing and enjoying the views we spent a [...]

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A Breath of Fresh Air – Aswan and Luxor, Egypt

November 20, 2009

The train station platform in Giza is packed, filthy and loud as we wait for our overnight train to Aswan, which is running late. Old, decrepit trains pull into the station, one after another, and the kid sent with us by the hostel to ensure we get onto the right train looks nervous, unsure which [...]

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CEDARE

November 18, 2009

On November 4th Keith and I had the pleasure of meeting with Dr. Nadia Makran Ebeid, the Executive Director of the Center for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE), Dr. Ahmed Abdelrehim, Regional Programme Manager of CEDARE’s Knowledge Management Programme, and several other members of CEDARE’s impressive staff who took time [...]

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