Post No. 11 — Looking back forty-years to 28 January 1981
Saqqara is on the west side of the River Nile, just a few miles south of Cairo and even fewer from the much more famous pyramids at Giza, but the so-called Step Pyramid has the privilege of being the oldest of them all, as it’s six-tiered design helps show.
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. 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. 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.
