Everyone loves eating crab. Okay, maybe not everyone but most people do. We usually go to restaurants when we feel like eating them, whether it’s chilli crab, pepper crab, butter crab, etc (I’m salivating while writing this already) or buy…
My camera went for a swim in Egypt!
Like any tourist standing outside the main entrance of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo, AC and I were taking pictures with our cameras. A Chinese girl standing beside me then asked me in Mandarin, “Excuse me, can you…
Skydiving From 10,000ft in the Desert Sky
Back when I was living in Dubai, Evan suggested that we go skydiving in Umm Al Quwain (UAQ) after we were bumped off an over-booked flight to Jordan. UAQ is one of the 7 Emirates that makes up the United…
Awesome Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt
In my previous post on Egypt, I shared my experiences and thoughts of Alexandria which were pretty interesting. Cairo presented a very different side of Egypt, in fact something closer to what we were expecting – polluted, congested (with people…
Alexandria, Egypt – The Airport and City
Before the Arab Spring, Egypt was bustling with tourists intrigued by the pyramids, the Sphinx, mummies and beaches (yes, there are beaches in Egypt). Nowadays, this country with a very long history is often associated with protests and violence more…