Monthly Archives: March 2021

Sudan is the third largest country in Africa and sixteenth largest in the world, bordering Egypt, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Libya, and South Sudan. Getting a visa for Sudan is an expensive hit-and-miss affair, but if you do manage to get in, and you stick to the safe … Continue reading →

EGYPT – General, North, Sinai, Dec 7-17, 2022 – EGYPT – Central & Red Sea, South Dec 18-22 – SUDAN – General, Today, The Trip Dec 22-Jan 8, 2023 – ETHIOPIA – General, Addis Ababa & The North, The South 2023  Jan … Continue reading →

NILE VALLEY – MIDDLE EGYPT (Luxor, Aswan, Sohag, Asyut, Qena) Observations 1. People. Generally very nice and helpful. The touts can get to you – mainly taxi drivers, horse and carriage drivers and feluccas in Aswan. My way of dealing with … Continue reading →

NORTHEAST EGYPT (Suez, Ismailia, Port Said, Sharqia) The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun. Tentative WHS (28/07/2003) Two citadels in Sinai from the Saladin period (Al-Gundi and Phataoh’s island). Tentative WHS (28/07/2003). Saladin, the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1174-1260 Egypt, Syria … Continue reading →

Egypt extends into Asia at the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is bordered by Israel and the Gaza Strip to the north-east, by Sudan to the south and by Libya to the west. The country is bounded by the Mediterranean and Red Seas (to the north and east respectively) and geographically dominated both … Continue reading →

ARUNACHAL PRADESH (Itanagar) Apatani Cultural Landscape. Tentative WHS (15/04/2014). Ziro Valley is inhabited by the Apatani tribe one of the major ethnic groups of the lower ranges of the eastern Himalayas. It consists of 32 km2 of cultivable areas out … Continue reading →

ARUNACHAL PRADESH (Itanagar) Arunachal Pradesh is one of the eight north eastern states of India. Itanagar is the capital of the state. Permits. Foreign tourists require a Restricted Area Permit which CANNOT be acquired at AP House in Guwahati. It can … Continue reading →

FROM RAGS to STITCHES – As it turns 50, Bangladesh is doing well, despite its politicians. But the prospects for the next few years look troubling. Economist March 27, 2021 In colonial times, the eastern half of Bengal was one … Continue reading →

MEGHALAYA (pop 3,220,000 – Shillong, West/East/South Garo Hills, Khasi Hills) (“abode of clouds”). Meghalaya was formed by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills, and the Garo Hills in1972. Area 22,430 square kilometres, with a length-to-breadth ratio … Continue reading →

MEGHALAYA (pop 3,220,000 – Shillong, West/East/South Garo Hills, Khasi Hills) (“abode of clouds”). Meghalaya is formed of the Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills, and the Garo Hills. Bordered to the south and west by Bangladesh and to the north and east by Assam. … Continue reading →