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Recipe – a vegetarian dish #recipe #travel

The first time I tried Koshari (a vegetarian dish) was during a visit to Egypt. It was a lunch staple on our river boat as we cruised down the Nile from Luxor to Aswan. This is our small river boat. The larger, more luxurious boats dwarfed ours, but our smaller size...

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It is a Paranormal Heat Wave! #sale #99c #paranormal #romance

Grab a paranormal bargain for 99c or less! Today and tomorrow only. Lynx to the Pharaoh is my contribution to the Heat Wave sale, and it is available at all online book stores for 99c. Here’s the blurb: Sethmet Khalil comes from a line of shapeshifters who protect the...

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White Desert, Egypt #travel

This is the last of the photos in my series of shots of the White Desert in Egypt. This is me sitting on one of the white rock formations in the White Desert. And yes, I was having a very bad hair day since we’d been camping for several days and it was stinking hot....

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White Desert 5, Egypt #travel

A close up of one of the rock formations in the White Desert, Egypt. They are amazing, formed by wind and sand action. The rock is white, hence the name of the desert.

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The White Desert 2, Egypt #travel

We spent the night in the White desert, camping out on the sandy patches between the rock formations. Once the sun went down, the temperature dropped, and it became chilly. The campfire was very welcome.

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The White Desert, Egypt #travel

This is the White Desert in the west of Egypt. It’s full of strange rock and sand formations, caused by the wind. I imagine a lunar landscape looks much like this.

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Cruising the Nile

This photo doesn’t look real, but I can tell you for a fact that it is. This is the view from our ship as we cruised down the Nile River. There is a thin band of green on either side of the river with pasture for grazing and crops. Beyond this band of green is desert...

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Donkey Sightseeing

When we booked our trip to Egypt, this was the part that worried me the most—the donkey ride. I dreaded it, having visions of falling off, yet all these years later, it is the part I remember most. We got up early and it was barely light when we arrived at the donkey...

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