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I was recently asked to join "Raid4x4Egypt", an exercise to promote desert tourism here in Egypt by opening/finding a route from as near as possible to Cairo, through the Abu Muharraq Dunes to Kharga Oasis - an offroad trip of some 1,000km. Starting point in Cairo.. First night's...

Didn't have much time for travel this summer due to a number of reasons, but managed a trip to Ras Mohamed protectorate in Sinai for a week. Temeratures were up over 50C. :eek: all week, so it was a quick dip in the sea, and into the shade after about 11am most days..:cool: These were...

Hi Folks, first post for a while, as we just got back from a 7 day camping trip into Sinai which followed virtually straight on from our Far East Tour to Singapore (2 days), Lombok in Indonesia (9 days) followed by Manila in the Philippines (another 9 days). The weather in Lombok was lovely...

Grab your Free BBQ QUICK Summer 2006 is almost here. To celebrate this many supermarket stores are giving away free barbecues to all that can go and collect them. You can get a free BBQ from any of the following stores. · ASDA · Morrison's ·...

We have insect-repellent "wet-wipes" available here containing 'citronella, pine oil, propylene glycol, isopropanol and lavendar perfume'. Yesterday morning on my first walk down the park, the flies were particularly active, so before my second trip (see avatar) applied one of these to my arms...

Posted this over on BB - it's in pdf format, so you can print out any items you may be interested in. I think the quizzes at the end of each section are a great idea, but I should stay away from lobotomies "in the field" :sad6: Oooops.!! forgot the address.!! :o...

:eek: BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungarian builders who drank their way to the bottom of a huge barrel of rum while renovating a house got a nasty surprise when a pickled corpse tumbled out of the empty barrel, a police magazine Web site reported. According to online magazine www.zsaru.hu...

Hey guys, clicked on the little red box - top right corner - what's a "little shameless behaviour??? :eek: "

As the Eid holiday was on, we decided to have a couple of nights (3) out in Sinai this last weekend. On the third night, we had just finished a game of cribbage when, around 9pm, Skye darted to the edge of our awning. Seeing something move, I called her back thinking it was maybe a camel...

Just a try-out to see if I can do this!!! http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/Cairodel/263_000_P_002A.jpg

Well, made my 1st post (how did you find BCUK), so here's a bit of an intro.. Wife and I have been living here for 10 yrs now, producing the British Community magazine for the last 6, and spend a lot of time in the desert all over really, Sinai (mainly), around Cairo and more recently the...