Delicious Chaos — Egypt, travel, whimsy

Myths and Magic at St Hilarion Castle

February 28, 2010

Musings on mandrake, madness and murder.

February 23, 2010

In which the author learns that “no teeth” = “excellent backgammon player”.

February 19, 2010

Someone is stumbling around with a sky blue porcelain toilet on his head, a bizarre parody of an ancient Egyptian god.

February 14, 2010

Snapshot of a Cairo taxi ride as a window into the city itself.

February 11, 2010

I make eye-contact with a particularly frantic-looking girl…She looks at me as if I’ve just asked to share her sleeping bag, and flounces off.

February 9, 2010

Bob Marley gave me a lift to the Valley of the Kings. It was… interesting.

February 9, 2010

Sometimes heading home can be the most disorienting thing you can do.

February 9, 2010

In which the author waxes (worryingly) lyrical about the marvellous camel.