Since my last email I got quite lonely been the only white person in town and having no one to have a proper conversation with, and the rains were stopping me from doing much- I went up to Naharurru to see Thomson Falls and the rains meant we got there quite late and when we did get there it was cold and wet and I got soaking just walking from the bus park, so I gave up and had a cup of tea in a cafe and then went back. Since in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania you can...

Haven't done too much since the last email, Climbing Mt Sinai was fun. I didn't realise quite how busy it was going to be, there were hundreds of people on the mountain which made it quite crowded, especially in the dark. The egyptians also sell camel rides to the top, and so while walking up someone would shout camel and with half a second a camel would be ploughing through you. Near the top I felt some hot breath on my neck, and jumped to the side just as a cam...

Had a quiet day to day since I was tired from the desert safari. Went for a wonder round Cairo and bought some sunglasses, then thought I would get my haircut. Unfortunately the hairdresser didn't think the length I indicated was short enough so did it a centimetre or so shorter, and also did something strange with my fringe which looks good on egyptian heads but not on mine. So I now look like a bit of a knob, especially as I have a bright white forehead and a t...

We woke up bright and early, had some breakfast and packed up camp. We had a final wonder round (I had another dump, reminded me of gone off oxtail soup) and then started the drive back to Bahariya. We stopped off at black mountain, a large hill which me and Ellen climbed, and later learnt that it was 41degreees so were pleased with our impressive effort. The journey back didn't seem to take as long, we had lunch before being driven to our bus which would take us...

We got up relatively early to start off, which we needed as we spent about an hour arguing with the tourist police to let us go into the desert. It is standard for tourists to go, they just have to sign a disclaimer saying they don't need a police escort, but our tour leader had something wrong with the paperwork. After eventually talking with his supervisor the bloke let us go though. After picking up some supplies we went on into the desert, first into the bla...