by Routes Beyond Tim | Dec 5, 2020 | Africa
The Palace Hotels Of Egypt Egypt being a fascinating country with a remarkable history, an important colonial outpost, a trading and communications center, it is unsurprising that Egypt was a very early and important destination for wealthy folk from Britain, the USA,...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 6, 2020 | Africa, Middle East
The Old CataractSet overlooking the Nile, the islands and cataracts is the magnificent Old Cataract Hotel. A famous hotel opened in 1899 and precipitated by the arrival of the railway and tourists! Remarkably, thanks to Thomas Cooke it was really one of the worlds...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Oct 30, 2019 | Africa, Asia, Memorable Days, Middle East
Mount Sinai or ‘Moses Mountain’Sinai Peninsula: Mount Sinai and St Catherine’s Monastery are 2-3 hours drive from Sharm el Sheik, although we had driven in 6-7 hours from Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The last few hours navigating the arid, starkly beautiful...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 4, 2019 | Africa, Memorable Days
One of the most memorable days – ever! It is a long way to the remote Virunga Mountains in north western Rwanda which are right on the border with the DRC (Congo) & Uganda, and the Permits are difficult to get and really expensive. Yet there my daughter...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 2, 2019 | Africa, Memorable Days, Opinion
FollowFollow School DetailsStarted in late 2016 this school now has, as of January 2019, 297 children enrolled with 6 teachers (3 are volunteers). The school has 6 classrooms, teachers room, small Heads office, teacher toilet and a block of childrens toilets complete...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Jul 1, 2019 | Africa, Summary
Searching for Routes Beyond Travel Ideas and The Fascination of Africa Africa PostsEgypt’s Palace Hotels Climbing Mount Sinai Rwanda: Mountain Gorillas and more Sierra Leone Hope in a Small African Country The Humble Falafel Aswan – On The Edge Galleries Sierra Leone...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Oct 25, 2018 | Africa, Opinion
So this looks like just the country that is recovering from Ebola, mudslides that killed thousands, a 12 year civil war and is in the bottom few of any measure, financial or quality of life, of any country? Hope In A Small African Country War, famine, corruption,...
by Routes Beyond Tim | Apr 13, 2017 | Africa
Click here for Sierra Leone Photo Gallery “Sierra Leone! Is it safe? Is there not some sort of terrible war going on? Hey , and was’nt that the place that had that Ebola thing?”. It is a long story but I had the opportunity to return to Sierra...
