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Most lip-smacking street food
18 March 2012
Lunch tastes best from a curb-side cart: grab your fork or simply use your fingers, and munch your way through...
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The world’s greatest guilty pleasures
16 January 2012
Everyone needs to indulge their vices every now and then. In this extract from Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2012,...
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Greatest historical journeys: part three
18 October 2011
In the third and final instalment taken from Lonely Planet’s 1000 Ultimate Experiences, we look at three more great historical...
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An (almost) endless journey: the Tour d’Afrique
24 August 2011
A common workday daydream is to embark on a vacation that never ends. One adventure outfitter called Tour d’Afrique Ltd....
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Best bars to taste that local flavour
15 March 2011
Drinking with the locals isn’t hard in these 10 bars (although you’ll more than likely be drinking with a few...
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Religious architecture of Islam
28 February 2011
The first mosques were modelled on the Prophet Mohammed’s house: there’s the open sahn (courtyard), the arcaded riwaq (portico), and...
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Egypt protests – advice for travellers
31 January 2011
Protests continue across Egypt and are expected to escalate in the next few days as the growing clamour for political...
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A perfect day in Cairo
27 November 2010
When in Cairo, it’s imperative to see a pyramid or two, browse the wonders of the Egyptian Museum and shop...
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Cycling Cairo to Cape Town: an (almost) endless journey
10 November 2010
One of the most common daydreams most workers find themselves indulging in is the thought of a vacation that never...
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Where we’d rather be: Lonely Planet’s dream destinations
09 November 2010
Work – exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. Daydream – a reverie indulged in...
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Egypt: travel books to read before you go
01 October 2010
This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s Egypt guide provides a selection of travel literature to get you in the mood for...
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A Grand Tour across the Middle East
20 September 2010
Ever dreamed of the romance of the Grand Tour, of hotel drawing rooms dripping with aspidistras and antimacassars, of mahogany...
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Travel with children: the night train to Luxor
17 September 2010
Cairo’s central Ramses station, a huge, heady Victorian-era terminus, is thronging at seven o’clock on a Wednesday evening as the...
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Siwa: an Egyptian oasis
16 July 2010
Set against a backdrop of jagged sandstone hills, backed by the rolling silica ocean of the Great Sand Sea and...
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Awe-inspiring ancient sites
04 March 2010
Taken from Lonely Planet’s 1000 Ultimate Experiences, may we present a bevy of BC (or thereabouts) beauties that have stood...
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World's best traditions
16 December 2009
Think Christmas traditions are special? What about these?High tea, The Ritz, London,...
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Graveyard goodtimes: the world's best cemeteries
29 October 2009
With Halloween and Day of the Dead fast approaching, it’s only natural that our thoughts turn to subjects spooky and...
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DIY Cairo: streets to stroll
15 September 2009
Contrary to first impressions of careening buses and crammed sidewalks, Cairo is an excellent city for walking. Really.It’s especially good...
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