Post No. 10 — Looking back forty-years to 27 January 1981
Our cheap hotel was right next to a mosque where very loud loudspeakers were used for the ‘calls to prayer,’ the first of which was in the small hours, each morning.
Post No. 9b — Looking back forty-years to 26 January 1981 (Part 2)
With two Aussie friends, Phil & Joe, I walked to Talaat Harb (street), through the square of the same name, and into El Tahrir Square. Then the street of that same name — El Tahrir — took us to the Qasr al-Nil Bridge, over the River Nile.
Post No. 8 — Looking back forty-years to 25 January 1981
The following morning, after our little Egyptian friend insisted on returning our spoon, we headed back for Cairo.
Post No.5 — Looking back 40 years to 22 January 1981
We had been split into teams of three for each day’s cooking and dishwashing duties so I was first-up for this on day one, working with an American married couple, Pat & Jeannie. The effect seemed to me somewhat like going into a stranger’s kitchen and getting in between a couple who knew how each other worked, and simply getting in their way! {:-)
Post No. 4 — Looking back forty-years to 21 January 1981
During my intended six months in Africa, I had planned to join two truck-based groups of fellow overlanders because that was the only realistic way to cover the huge distances I hoped to do. And to this end, I spent my first night in Egypt in a very modest (read ‘extremely basic’) hotel in Cairo, ready to meet some fellow vagrants the following day.
Post No. 3 — Looking back forty-years to 20 January 1981
The ferry across the Mediterranean from Greece to Egypt took just under 36 hours and we arrived shortly after daybreak.
