15 06, 2016

Egypt Travelogue: Day 9, Part 1 – Temples at Abu Simbel

By |June 15th, 2016|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |2 Comments

This is my travel diary of my trip to Egypt. It contains in detail my memories of what I did and saw. Friday October 30, 2015 Egypt: Day 9, Part 1 – Temples at Abu Simbel We woke up around 4:30 AM and got ready. We would be checking into the cruise ship so we had packed all of our belongings and left them in the lobby. Right after we set off in the van Maxine realized she forgot her passport in the safe. As it was necessary for the flight we turned around and she ran in and got it. Our

17 12, 2015

The Martian and Me

By |December 17th, 2015|Categories: Books, Pop Culture, Travel, Travel Memories|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |2 Comments

Source “Mars is a barren wasteland and I am completely alone here. I already knew that, of course. But there’s a difference between knowing it and really experiencing it.” -Mark Watney in The Martian by Andy Weir Egyptian Desert as seen from a Nile cruise. I remember the days before I had my Kindle. Stacks of books taking up space in my bags. I could easily go through 5-7 books per trip. And god help me if I had only brought a few in a series...and it finished on a cliffhanger! I remember many frustrating trips