I am big on encouraging my son to want to travel. First, there is the selfish reason - I want him to be keen to come on all the trips I have planned while he's still young enough to need to come with us. And the unselfish one, of course, is that travelling to different places can teach him SO …
Egypt
Two Egyptians and my privilege to travel: An important reminder
The travel blogging world has been paying a lot of attention recently to a post called No, Not Everyone Can Travel - A Bubble Burster, from Mina Mahrous's blog "Someday I'll Be There". Mina reminds us that most people in the world have only a fraction of the freedom and ability to travel that us …
Picture pirouette: Karnak Temple – my version of Egypt
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's been thinking a lot about Egypt this week, with the very heavy-going political demonstrations happening in Cairo. I never made it to the capital during my brief trip to Egypt - I had a cheap package in a Red Sea resort and because of the restrictions on tourist …