The hostel told us about a way around, a switchback path next to the city that allows you to climb next to the walls, leading up to a window that you can climb through and BOOM, you’re on the walls. The walk up features cats, goats, other hikers and a cheese house that I didn’t stop at because I wanted to catch the sunset. And what a sunset!
Tag: UNESCO
40 for 40: Day 29 – Mostar and other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Just based on today, Bosnia has earned a spot on the “Return List” at some point in the future. The stuff I’ve seen today has been beautiful, and I’m sure it’s just a sampling.
40 for 40: Day 27 – Dubrovnik & Lokrum
I’m looking at my FitBit. I’ve taken 39086 steps, walked 31 kilometres, 142 steps, and burned 5688 calories. It’s been a monster day. A big, beautiful, monster of a day.
40 for 40: Day 26 – Fiumicino to Dubrovnik
So out of the tours I saw going around today, all of them were talking about Game of Thrones and not once did I hear a guide talk about the history of the city itself. Pop culture has transcended actual culture here.
40 for 40: Day 22 – Alexandria
For the “Rick and Morty” fans out here, the Citadel reminded me of the episode where an Evil Rick was kidnapping Mortys and using their inferior brainwaves to hide his superior brainwaves. I know Daina is a great photographer, and I consider myself a pretty good one, but here, it’s drowned out by all the bad photography that surrounds you. Part of that bad photography was pictures of us.
40 for 40: Day 15 – Medinat Habu, Tombs of the Nobles, Valley of the Queens, Colossi of Memnon, Banana Island.
“Your friend is rich enough to pay 300 LE for photos but doesn’t have enough to tip guards?”
So this is where the perspective piece comes in.
40 for 40: Day 14 – Valley of the Kings, Memorial Temple of Hatshepsut and Ramesseum
When the place you’re visiting has been considered one of the hottest places on Earth, it’s good to be able to get going early and avoid the heat.
40 for 40: Day 13 – Luxor
Figuring that we’d want to spend a couple of days on the West Bank sites, and having heard that Luxor is the Hassle Capital of Egypt and that not of that takes place in the East Bank, I figured a 9.4 rated guesthouse on the West with a pool would be a solid bet.
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We are REALLY far away from everything.
40 for 40: Day 10 – Swimming in the Nile and cruising to Kom Ombo
I don’t know what other spectacular sights Egypt will present, but this experience may become the thing that defines it.
40 for 40: Day 9 – Abu Simbel and Siou, Egypt
We arrived at Abu Simbel at 6:45 am and, already, the sun was baking the ground, coming in at what felt like the mid-thirties. There’s zero shade outside, and you immediately sweat as you pass over a hill to see the temple. You can understand why you wouldn’t be there midday, as it would just be too damn hot.
40 for 40: Day 8 – Around Aswan, Egypt
I had readied myself for Philae ahead of time, having read that the ferry negotiation was intense, the guards and caretakers would aggressively follow you or try to photobomb your shots for tips, and that there was quite a bit of hassle at the temple.
Well, ferry price came in at cheaper than Kalbasha, guards were nice and asked us where we were from before leaving us alone, caretakers asked if we wanted to take pictures of them, but nothing nearly as intense as what I had heard.
40 for 40: Day 7 – Elephantine Island, Egypt
If you’re obviously not from here, you have a good chance of getting offered something, from a felucca to a horse ride to, today, hashish (which got an immediate no in the shortest of terms).
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Brugge, Belgium
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Sri Lanka 9: Polonnaruwa
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Sri Lanka 3: Anuradhapura
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Sri Lanka 2: Anuradhapura
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Retro: Sighișoara, Romania
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