There are plenty of options for sailing the nile river from budget to luxurious, but the traditional way is sailing with a Felucca, a traditional wooden sailing boat used in the Red Sea, Mediterranean and the Nile River. I was in the city of Aswan having lunch in the wharf and was approached by a sympathetic Egyptian offering an hour trip for 50 EGP … Read More
Empowering kids in Kenya by Martin Kibera
I met Martin Kibera trough the couchsurfing community. He travelled the world as a football freestyle street artist. He grew up in Gatina community in Nairobi and over there he created an NGO to take kids off the crime and stimulate them to play football. He supplies balls, clothes and separate the best players to be coach. After explaining … Read More
Kitesurfing in the Red Sea
Kitesurfing is a sport I have always had an interest in learning. After scuba diving I decided to visit the southern beach in Eilat and watched a lot of people doing windsurfing and kitesurfing. I asked the price at KiteX Eilat school and he explained it to me. A 2-hour lesson costs 550 shekels, about 100 euros and three lessons … Read More
Scuba diving in the Red Sea
The red sea is among the best destinations in the world to scuba dive. You can either dive in the city of Eilat in Israel or Dahab in Egypt. I did 2 dives in Eilat with the diving center deepsiam. Two cylinders for certified divers cost 190 shekels (about 38 EUR). We did a shore dive and after equipping ourselves we … Read More
Camel riding and sleeping in the Sahara desert
Who have never dreamed on riding a camel in the Sahara desert dunes? I booked a 3 days tour with accommodation and breakfast included for 70 EUR. After two intense days visiting many touristic attracting between Marrakesh and the city of Merzouga in the east side of Morocco we finally arrived in the Sahara Desert. In the van we learned … Read More