Travails of a Guidebook Author

Hydra Retreat

by zora on February 6, 2012

We were on Hydra for two and a half weeks, writing the whole time. Inside, it looked like this: But outside, it looked like this: The only time we took breaks was to eat. And to eat, we had to walk all the way down the hill. On Hydra, there are no cars, only donkeys. [...]

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Cairo Graffiti

by zora on December 19, 2011

I had another collection of funny little items from Cairo scheduled for this week, but it just seems too flip. Instead, here’s a good collection of post-revolutionary graffiti, all from one corner in Zamalek. Fight on, Egyptians.

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Egypt: What’s New (to Me)

by zora on December 12, 2011

Not to jinx anything, but I think it now seems a little more appropriate to post my “oh my gosh, I had such a great time in Egypt” pics. Now that people aren’t (at least at this moment) getting tear-gassed and whacked with sticks. It’s hard to talk about Egypt without mentioning all the political [...]

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Egypt #2: Birqash Camel Market

by zora on November 21, 2011

So, so rarely do I get to make a real logistical ‘discovery’ when I’m updating a guidebook that I just have to take a post to brag about the clever route I found to the camel market in Birqash. Short version: take the train to Birqash village; hop on a truck for the last five [...]

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