Where the wind blows me

Nuweiba... Bedouin style !

If there is a place we like to go to relax when we need to, it's Nuweiba. Also in the Sinai Peninsula, Nuweiba is a costal town in the eastern part of Sinai, on the Gulf of Aqaba. Very far from what you can find in Sharm el Sheikh, Nuweiba offers Bedouin...

Sinai Peninsula: Moses Mount & Dahab

As I explained in the previous post, Cairo is a huge city and sometimes it feels good to get out of it. Depending on how long your break will be, you'll have plenty of choices while exploring Egypt. While most of the cairotes that I know usually go to...

Escape in Downtown Cairo

Cairo is a very busy city but I never really felt trapped like when I was living in Paris. Of course it also has its bad aspects : the traffic is horrible, it is dusty, polluted and noise disturbance will drive you crazy sometimes. When you are working,...

A Physical Education teacher in Cairo

After two years working as a substitute teacher in Paris I finally got a position in a Junior high-school in Argenteuil (not far from Paris. I visited the school, met the boss and went on summer vacation, not 100% happy with what I got but better than...

2009-2012: A Glimpse of Egypt: where a part of me still lives

2009-2012: A Glimpse of Egypt: where a part of me still lives I should have started that blog 6 years ago but... no excuses... I was enjoying Cairo too much to do it ! The story started when I was on vacation in Japan in August 2009. On a trip around...