Jodphur, Burano and a Nubian Village – how color overcomes the desert sands of Egypt
One of the facts about Egypt that is hard to ignore is that the sand gets everywhere. And I mean everywhere. Heaven help you if you leave a window open, or a door ajar. It is that incredibly fine sand that seems to be able to permeate every nook and cranny, but also leaves a calling card of fine yellow dusting across everything it touches.
If you can imagine the world covered in sandpaper – slightly abrasive but ensuring that everything else is beautifully smooth -then this is close to what it is like living in Egypt! In fact, on second thoughts, it makes me wonder why Egypt’s main export is cotton and not sandpaper!
Only in Egypt
There are few places in the world where you can walk in the space of 15 minutes from an Oasis, lush pasture, past a waterfall, to a sandy beach, a lake and then within minutes be in a barren and inhospitable desert. Egypt is such a place and a couple of Saturdays ago I replaced my normal [...]
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