Egypt - Writings of a Professional Traveler

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The Five Worlds6:35 PM Tuesday September 20, 2005I have been working on a project for a maybe five years, I cannot remember when I started so a long time, more than three years for sure.The HDI Human ... Read More ...



Cairo Egypt6:28 PM Tuesday September 20, 2005I am happy to be back in Cairo, a few old friends, familiar places, and I know how to get something accomplished here. I somehow lost my plastic coffee cup ... Read More ...



HDIThe Human development IndexI have been laughing and trying to interpret my new source of comparisons for the planet. The combination of words Human Development are difficult to get my mind around, ... Read More ...



Newsletter from Cairo Egypthttp://www.hobotraveler.com/newsletterhobo183insert.shtml traveljournal_advert1 ... Read More ...



Photos of the Pyramids of EgyptOk, Mom and Dad gave me the word, go take photos of the Pyramids, we are waiting...Maybe there is a window that allows us to look back in time.The SphinxThere is a gate ... Read More ...



Did you know, it rains every day in downtown Cairo, I am walking down the street and find I am often in shower or water everyday in downtown Cairo.I have learned though, the shower is because there ar ... Read More ...



Hello,You can now post or edit on this page and add to the collective knowledge about the Famine in Niger, plus I hope help me to find information on my trip there in about three days.http://www.wikih ... Read More ...



Hmmm...Interesting photos of water cooler on the street behind the Niger Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.This is about the third of these street water fountains or water dispensers I have seen in Cairo, I am ... Read More ...



This is always an interesting perspective, journalist in Baghdad.I am pretty sure most of the Western World reporters are too afraid to go to Baghdad, I was in the Palestine and the Sheraton in Baghda ... Read More ...



I discovered a very nice place behind the Niger Embassy with a man that sell very cheap ice cream that taste... hmm... Terrible, like a mango or something, however he is very nice and allowed me a pho ... Read More ...



What I am thinking in CairoWhy does a boy lie down in front of the Pizza Hut and sleep?This has got to be the worst places on the planet to sleep, in the middle of downtown Cairo Egypt, in front of on ... Read More ...



I now have a Niger Visa Stamp in my passport, success by persistence.It is Moo Tay Play Entry for up to three months, this is how they say Multiple entry Visa in French I guess, I needed to sound it o ... Read More ...



I just lost three paragraphs, stupid computers here are impossible, I shaded the text, click on Control C, to copy and it deleted.I am waiting for the Visa, maybe I get it at 2:00.They got my money.I ... Read More ...



I went to the Giza Pyramids yesterday, left at 5:30 and when I arrived they told me they were closed. I asked many people when they closed and everyone said around 8:00, now I could still be wrong, ho ... Read More ...



I go to Niger Embassy TodayI will go to the Niger Embassy and try to get a Visa today, I am supposed to be at the office at 12:00 noon. I really hope this works, however I am not extremely hopeful, th ... Read More ...



I am laughing, I received a funny email today.It said:Subject: donkydo not send any email again donky, you bad................It came from a UK address of free email account:ALSAYED_2005I sat, thought ... Read More ...



I am having fun, I found a great link by Google.com that allows me to pay a person for an answer, I am really hoping this works.I am going to the Pyramids today, I want to go at about one hour before ... Read More ...



Mapping a TripI think the links below show software and maybe the handheld something to make a map for my website of my trip, I am not sure.Here is a great frustration for me, and extremely difficult ... Read More ...



Trip to IndiaI have been chatting a lot on yahoo messenger with Andrew from India, my boy genius who helps a lot on techie things like PHP, HTML and other strange words or acronyms Sql or many things ... Read More ...



The first word is Hello and the second is the word Hobo in Japanese, however I think she translated the noise she heard as Hobo to this, and they do not have the word.There is a word or something said ... Read More ...



I am pretty sure the Islamic Religion more or less adheres to an edict by the Old Testament. The bottom line is most stores are closed presently in the center of Cairo except for the newspaper stands ... Read More ...



I am trying to make a decision on what type of vehicle to buy if I was to drive around Africa, there is presently this well balance and happy couple in the Hotel, they say for vote forLand RoverPerson ... Read More ...



This is a recurring idea or concept of mine, I am about to knock off a place on the checklist, or tick in as the Brits say, I am going soon to the Pyramids of Egypt.I have been to:Angkor WatTikal in G ... Read More ...



The SphinxI am going to go visit the Sphinx and the Pyramids here in Egypt so I have spent a couple hours reading the Encyclopedia.A Sphinx has sort of two or three meaning and the big problem for me ... Read More ...



Ok, the American Embassy conveyed to the Niger Embassy that I existed.I will leave it at that...Niger has a more or less what they requested, and now I have two days off because the Secretaire was not ... Read More ...



I picked up this on with the Google Alerts, an article written that defines in Rogets Thesaurus as a Hobo... heheheHope this link works to the newspaper online article.Click on the top one if it break ... Read More ...



Arabic TelephoneYou all wonder why I do not just call; if you look close, there is Arabic letters on the electronic screen. It is not to say I cannot figure this out and for sure if I wanted to, I cou ... Read More ...



Made in RussiaI had to stop this woman and ask here where she was from and why she is wearing an American Flag on her head.She said she purchased the scarf in Russia and was only wearing it because sh ... Read More ...



KFC Cairo EgyptKentucky Fried Chicken in Cairo, Egypt.I have been having some trouble finding good or acceptable food for me other than peanuts in Egypt, so I have gone to this KFC and had the Spicy E ... Read More ...



Photos in Cairo EgyptA photo taken from the taxi as we were searching for the Niger Embassy.An interesting photo depicting naked Egyptian in a country full of women that are covered from foot to head ... Read More ...



Kim sent a quote to me about finding a way."We must either find a way or make one."-HannibalHannibal's rode elephants across the Alps...http://www.barca.fsnet.co.uk/hannibal-alps-route.htmOk, we are m ... Read More ...



Vacation Day in CairoI am taking the day off from the chase in Taxis across the hot city of Cairo, Egypt for Visas and Airplane tickets to Niger or Nigeria or somehow chasing the famine problem.I need ... Read More ...



It cost 5 Egyptian Pounds per minute in a call center I have not located, however the boys in the internet Cafe are telling me about.They are converting for about 5.75 to one dollars here, however thi ... Read More ...



I am from the State of Indiana, however it is a big problem to make these phone calls.I am Andy Graham from Orland, Indiana in the County of Steuben.Say that HoboTraveler.com needs a fax from the USA ... Read More ...



Everyone that has ever read my blog would say I am a rip roaring support the USA person."Your problem is not a high priority."Said to me today at the USA Embassy.This is also saying the Niger Famine i ... Read More ...



I am down the street from the Niger Embassy, this day has been wait and do nothing, I arrived at the American Embassy at 9:00, then proceeded to do nothing and no results until I finally left at 10:20 ... Read More ...



Niger VisaThe Niger Embassy told me that I could get a Visa to Niger if I got a letter from the American Embassy saying I am a tourist. I went to the American Embassy and they said they do not give su ... Read More ...



Jerusalem to Cairo PhotosI went from Jerusalem Israel or Palestine to Cairo Egypt by bus, then upon arriving went to the Niger Embassy, then to the American Embassy trying to get a Visa to the country ... Read More ...



There is a Famine in Niger, I am trying to buy a ticket to the area.Not an easy task and confusing, I will go to the Niger Embassy this afternoon here in Cairo and try to figure out the Visa. The cost ... Read More ...



Hello,I have arrived in Cairo, it is now the next morning and I am sort of comfortable, the place is steaming with activity. Big city with many horns and reminds me very much of India, I guess this is ... Read More ...


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