In January 2012, the three Taylors, (father, son, and daughter) and friend, John Byett, set off from Cape Town through Africa to Cairo, on Kawasaki KLR 650 motorbikes, and from there, heading north and east, ending up in Singapore four months later.
They have just arrived in Cairo and have reached the halfway mark in their amazing journey. Reading their posts on the last few days spent in Egypt has brought back good memories. It seems their barge was also delayed (due to wind?) for a few days so they also spend some time in Aswan at the Hathor Hotel.
A photo of the spices and tea at the souq in Aswan:
I really enjoyed this story they posted about a conversation with Mr. Kamal, who was our fixer too:
"As we rode towards Aswan, Shan and I launched into that most entertaining of travelling activities: trying to get some local information from someone who has a fairly tenuous grasp of English and shares a mutual struggle top understand each others accents.
Shan: Is there any food that we must try in Egypt?
Kamal: Is good food.
Shan: But is there any food in particular?
Kamal: Orange
Jules: And cooked food?
Kamal: Orange and manga.
Shan: Are the mangoes nice?
Kamal: No, no manga
Jules: Is there any Egyptian food that is very good, like Shawrma?
Kamal: Orange is good.
Jules: Ok, great. Thanks.
As a general rule of thumb, if you can’t find out what you are looking for after three attempts, it is probably best to give a polite “thank you” and try again with someone else."
We look forward to read more about their journey up to Singapore! Read more about their trip at http://4bikes4singapore.wordpress.com/.
Recent Comments