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Sudan Dec 18-21, 2022 Sudan is the third largest country in Africa and sixteenth largest in the world, bordering Egypt, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Libya, and South Sudan. Getting a visa for Sudan is an expensive hit-and-miss affair, but if you do manage to get in, and you … Continue reading →

METHANE – Put a Plug in it – Governments should set targets to reduce methane emissions – It would rapidly make a difference to climate change April 3, 2021 Economist The oracle of Delphi’s trance-like state is thought to have … Continue reading →

The Medicine is the Message – Covid-19 vaccines have alerted the world to the power of RNA therapies.  Mar 27th 2021 Economist  Molecular biology is not a popularity contest. But if it were, it would be a partisan one. The evolutionary … Continue reading →

Sudan is the third largest country in Africa and sixteenth largest in the world, bordering Egypt, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Libya, and South Sudan. Getting a visa for Sudan is an expensive hit-and-miss affair, but if you do manage to get in, and you stick to the safe … Continue reading →

EGYPT – General, North, Sinai, Dec 7-17, 2022 – EGYPT – Central & Red Sea, South Dec 18-22 – SUDAN – General, Today, The Trip Dec 22-Jan 8, 2023 – ETHIOPIA – General, Addis Ababa & The North, The South 2023  Jan … Continue reading →

NILE VALLEY – MIDDLE EGYPT (Luxor, Aswan, Sohag, Asyut, Qena) Observations 1. People. Generally very nice and helpful. The touts can get to you – mainly taxi drivers, horse and carriage drivers and feluccas in Aswan. My way of dealing with … Continue reading →

NORTHEAST EGYPT (Suez, Ismailia, Port Said, Sharqia) The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun. Tentative WHS (28/07/2003) Two citadels in Sinai from the Saladin period (Al-Gundi and Phataoh’s island). Tentative WHS (28/07/2003). Saladin, the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1174-1260 Egypt, Syria … Continue reading →

Egypt extends into Asia at the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is bordered by Israel and the Gaza Strip to the north-east, by Sudan to the south and by Libya to the west. The country is bounded by the Mediterranean and Red Seas (to the north and east respectively) and geographically dominated both … Continue reading →

ARUNACHAL PRADESH (Itanagar) Apatani Cultural Landscape. Tentative WHS (15/04/2014). Ziro Valley is inhabited by the Apatani tribe one of the major ethnic groups of the lower ranges of the eastern Himalayas. It consists of 32 km2 of cultivable areas out … Continue reading →

ARUNACHAL PRADESH (Itanagar) Arunachal Pradesh is one of the eight north eastern states of India. Itanagar is the capital of the state. Permits. Foreign tourists require a Restricted Area Permit which CANNOT be acquired at AP House in Guwahati. It can … Continue reading →