Blog Posts for Egypt

  • Gift ideas for travel addicts

    By Kellie Bright on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 8:31am , 0 comments

    Stuck for Christmas gift ideas for the travel addict in your life? Brendan van Son has made a list (and checked it twice!) of his top ten most practical, fun, interesting and useful pressies that will put a smile on the dial of any keen traveller this year:

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  • The Barefoot Investor: Travel agent vs Online

    By Kellie Bright on Wed, 07/12/2011 - 9:07am , 0 comments

    Scott Pape is known as Australia’s favourite money guy. We'll be bringing you his fantastic travel-related tips, hints and advice on a regular basis so stay tuned: 

    “Calm down” said my better half.

    She had a point. I was after all, arguing toe to toe with a Coles robot-checkout-chick – and losing.

    “Place your items in the tray”, robot-woman kept saying in her smarmy, thirty-something, synthesised speech.

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  • Top 5 places to get the adrenaline pumping

    By Kellie Bright on Tue, 06/12/2011 - 1:51am , 0 comments

    You only live once, right? So why not try something totally crazy on your next trip. Put down the teacup, step away from the sandwich, kick off your sensible walking shoes and just go nuts!

    Here's five ideas to get the adrenaline pumping:

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  • Places where a mo isn't just for Movember, it's for life

    By David Gilbert on Fri, 25/11/2011 - 2:28am , 0 comments

    In some countries, a mo isn't just for Movember, it's for life. The men of the Gecko's office have ditched their razors the past four week to help raise funds and awareness for men's health. But today we look at other mo-loving countries around the world and the significance of the mo in their culture:

    India

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  • Interview with a digital nomad

    By Kellie Bright on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 8:33am , 0 comments

    Brendan van Son recently had the opportunity to interview one of the great travel people out there, Anil Polat.  Anil is a digital nomad who once made a career as a computer hacker.  He has travelled to some incredible places and writes about his adventures on FoxNomad.

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  • 10 Tips for Women Travelling Solo in Egypt

    By Kellie Bright on Mon, 26/09/2011 - 9:36am , 2 comments

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  • Tales from Egypt, part two

    By Rob Forsyth on Fri, 08/04/2011 - 11:58am , 0 comments

    We recently posted some moving words by one of our local operators in Egypt, Hassan Hamed, about the mood on the streets in Cairo. Here are a couple more tales from Egypt, direct to you from our friends in Cairo.

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  • Amazing photos from Tahrir Square, Egypt

    By Rob Forsyth on Tue, 05/04/2011 - 5:45am , 0 comments

    Photos speak more loudly than words – check out the inspiring snaps on our flickr page, taken by one of our local operators in Tahrir Square on Egypt’s Victory Day,

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  • "The people have spoken, and Egypt will never be the same"

    By Rob Forsyth on Tue, 05/04/2011 - 5:40am , 0 comments

    One of our local operators, Hassan Hamed, sent us the below from Egypt – a powerful account of his experiences during the tumultuous events that have taken place in his homeland.

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  • Five reasons why now is the perfect time to visit Egypt

    By Rob Forsyth on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 9:36am , 0 comments

    Okay, so it’s an exaggeration to say that now is the most exciting time to be in Egypt since Cleopatra was hanging out on her Nile barge, but only a little. The revolutionary dust has settled, hope is in the air, and visitors who head to Egypt now are finding they’ve made one of their greatest ever holiday choices. Here are five reasons why.

    The optimism

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  • Five top snorkel spots

    By Content Manager on Wed, 13/10/2010 - 12:57pm , 1 comments

    Every adventurous traveller knows great snorkelling adds a whole new dimension to any trip, particularly when what’s under the surface can be as explosively alien as anything science fiction serve s up.  Picking five favourite sites – suffice to say we’ve got a few more in our back pocket that you’ll find lots of info about on our website. But here goes:

    Galapagos

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  • History and Hot Chocolate on Mt Sinai, Egypt

    By Rob Forsyth on Fri, 11/06/2010 - 4:39pm , 0 comments

    Tristan Love, our Gecko’s Marketing Coordinator, lived in Egypt for a couple of years and has climbed Mt Sinai a crazy 22 times!  She tells us about the area below:

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