Cruising Camping And Culture
I’ve been writing about cruising, camping and culture and how to become a travel writer.
This week I have been writing in other sections about Nile cruising, camping and culture in the UK, a new website about Robert Burns and how to become a travel writer.
In Africa Travel you will find a series of four articles describing a trip I made along the River Nile in Egypt.
Egypt -Nile Cruising covers the section from Luxor to the temples of Esna and Edfu.
Egypt Nile Cruising Aswan starts with the temples of Horus and Sobek at Kom Ombo then covers Aswan, the labyrinth of narrow souks in the bazaar the Aswan Dam, andLake Nasser the world’s largest artificial lake
In Egypt Nile Cruising Luxor the site of ancient Thebes, one time capital of the Pharaohs I visit the Temple of Karnak with its avenue of Ram’s headed sphinxes, great court and great Hypostyle Hall and of course the Temple of Luxor.
In the final article Egypt Nile Cruising Thebes the tour concludes with a visit to the Theban Necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, the secret tombs, including that of Tutenkhamhun, in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens and the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, the only female pharaoh
In East Asia Travel I’ve included the story of my last visit to what I regard as the World’s finest hotel, Raffles Hotel Singapore, then I moved on to UK Ireland Travel to talk about Environmentally Friendly camping holidays in the UK. Staying with UK Ireland Travel I’ve written about an amazing new exhibition which the Barbican Art Gallery in London is staging to celebrate its 25th birthday. It’s a major retrospective of the works of Finnish Architect Alvar Aalto seen through the eyes of Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban. Meanwhile up in Scotland the national tourist body, VisitScotland, have launched a brand new Robert Burns Website about the life and times of Scotland’s National Poet.
Finally for all of you who have emailed me asking how to become a travel writer I’ve written about a major competition being run by Bradt travel guides where the winner will get sent on a travel writing course, be commissioned to write for the Independent on Sunday and get a free holiday. Also in that article is information about ‘Ask Bradt’ at the Destinations Travel Show at Earls Court, London. You can get free tickets to the show from Bradt travel guides and go along to talk to some of their top authors.
