Giza – Mounts, Stones, and Artefacts

30 March 2019. How often do you get to say that your childhood dream came true? Well, on this day, it happened. Again! We got up early, did the usual awkward “let’s find a table and sit down only to get up immediately to find what we want to eat” at the breakfast buffet before…

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Love in the time of Corona

Three months into 2020 and the year has gone in a totally different direction to what we all thought. I had many plans – I expected to start a new job in January after my last contract ended. I also planned to go to Norway and Sweden, and Spain for the Tomatina festival which is…

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Alexandria – Nearly headless tomb raiding

29 March 2019. A couple weeks prior to leaving for the trip, Anine and I spent an afternoon at her house planning what we wanted to see and do in Alexandria. It was only a 3-hour drive away, which made a day trip possible. I will never forget a picture that someone had posted on…

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2019: The year of priceless experiences

If I could describe 2019 in one word, it would be ‘rollercoaster’. I did a DreamTrip to Egypt And not alone, but with my best friend. It was the first international trip I had done with a friend and it was the best trip both of us have ever done. We spent the first few…

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Cairo – Local Bread and Ancient Paper

28 March 2019. We were half dead after the long journey from Nairobi, but we were way too early to check in to our hotel in Giza. Nevertheless, we needed to get to our hotel and get rid of our bags. Anine and I don’t need to discuss who owes who money, we just balance…

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Egypt 2019: Getting to Cairo

On March 27, my best friend Anine and I set off for our first trip together. We had always talked about doing a trip together but never had the opportunity until now. Since the free part of our trip was in Sharm el Sheik, we had to make a plan to visit Cairo as well….

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I asked, and Egypt answered

Egypt and I go way back. Not because we’ve met before, but because I’ve been dreaming about it (literally) since I was about 10 years old. I’d be lying if I said that it was the movie Cleopatra that first piqued my interest. The truth is I really don’t remember what got me so hooked,…

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Banff, Canada

Have you ever been to a place that instantly made you feel like it’s where you’re meant to be? Like you lived your whole life wondering why you don’t fit in where you are and then suddenly, it all became clear? For me, that day was July 12, 2017. The day started in downtown Calgary…

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2018 – The Journey through Anxiety

I know, every year I write some post talking about how great the year has been, where I traveled to, who I met, what I did. This year was not a bad one, but it certainly was tough. Though it may not have been obvious to those who were not close to me, at this…

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San Francisco Day 7: Facebook and the Giants

7 July 2017. Natalie had arranged for us to meet her friend at the Facebook Headquarters in Palo Alto, so needless to say, I was pretty damn excited. We had only gone to see the Like sign on 1 Hacker Way, but by meeting Stuart, we’d be given inside access to the Facebook campus. Obviously,…

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