My Life in Egypt
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Nile Cruise – First Stop Edfu
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara from Ireland and my passion is to show you the Egypt of your dreams - send me an email maraegypt@gmail.comLatest posts by Mara (see all)
- Tipping in Egypt - 21/06/2019
- Feeling Grateful… - 11/03/2019
- Ibn Tulun Mosque & Noah’s Ark - 20/12/2018
If someone suggested to you that a Nile Cruise would be a good idea for your next holiday, what would your automatic reaction be? Sometimes people tell me they would find it too boring just sitting on a ship 24/7. […]
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Falling in Love Again – (with Egypt)
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara from Ireland and my passion is to show you the Egypt of your dreams - send me an email maraegypt@gmail.comLatest posts by Mara (see all)
- Tipping in Egypt - 21/06/2019
- Feeling Grateful… - 11/03/2019
- Ibn Tulun Mosque & Noah’s Ark - 20/12/2018
Not having slept on the plane I expected to fall into bed and go unconscious on arrival at my hotel around 3am. Not a hope – spent most of the night talking with my travelling companion and feeling more awake […]
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BioGeometry: Re-Discovering Ancient Knowledge
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara from Ireland and my passion is to show you the Egypt of your dreams - send me an email maraegypt@gmail.comLatest posts by Mara (see all)
- Tipping in Egypt - 21/06/2019
- Feeling Grateful… - 11/03/2019
- Ibn Tulun Mosque & Noah’s Ark - 20/12/2018
We all have questions and we all have problems of one kind or another, so we seek answers. Growing up I used to go to libraries and bookshops, run my eyes over the shelves and whisper “What is here for […]
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First El-Sisi Speech After Victory –
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara from Ireland and my passion is to show you the Egypt of your dreams - send me an email maraegypt@gmail.comLatest posts by Mara (see all)
- Tipping in Egypt - 21/06/2019
- Feeling Grateful… - 11/03/2019
- Ibn Tulun Mosque & Noah’s Ark - 20/12/2018
Egypt’s newly-elected president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi appeared on television an hour after he was named the country’s new leader to express his gratitude over the election results. “My emotions are mixed with happiness and aspiration: my happiness for what you have […]
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Where are all the manhole covers gone?
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara from Ireland and my passion is to show you the Egypt of your dreams - send me an email maraegypt@gmail.comLatest posts by Mara (see all)
- Tipping in Egypt - 21/06/2019
- Feeling Grateful… - 11/03/2019
- Ibn Tulun Mosque & Noah’s Ark - 20/12/2018
The number one prized objective of thieves in Luxor these days appears to be the humble manhole cover. Of course with the high price of metals of all kinds now that might not seem so surprising to many. However, when […]
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Kudos to Egypt Air
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara from Ireland and my passion is to show you the Egypt of your dreams - send me an email maraegypt@gmail.comLatest posts by Mara (see all)
- Tipping in Egypt - 21/06/2019
- Feeling Grateful… - 11/03/2019
- Ibn Tulun Mosque & Noah’s Ark - 20/12/2018
I believe in giving credit where credit is due so here I am giving Kudos (praise for exceptional achievement) to the Manager of the check-in area at Luxor Airport and special thanks to the other lovely, helpful people that came […]
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Mara’s Tech Doc!!
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara from Ireland and my passion is to show you the Egypt of your dreams - send me an email maraegypt@gmail.comLatest posts by Mara (see all)
- Tipping in Egypt - 21/06/2019
- Feeling Grateful… - 11/03/2019
- Ibn Tulun Mosque & Noah’s Ark - 20/12/2018
I’m pretty good with computers, technology etc. and have spent hours upon (sometimes frustrated) hours fixing computer and internet problems…until one day I met a great guy called Ehab Edward. I call him the ‘Tech Doc’ and never again will […]
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Behind the Scenes – Luxor is Dying
Mara
Owner at Mara House Hotel LuxorHi - I'm Mara from Ireland and my passion is to show you the Egypt of your dreams - send me an email maraegypt@gmail.comLatest posts by Mara (see all)
- Tipping in Egypt - 21/06/2019
- Feeling Grateful… - 11/03/2019
- Ibn Tulun Mosque & Noah’s Ark - 20/12/2018
2014 – In the streets behind and away from the East Bank of Egypt’s famous Nile River and the strip where the 5 star hotels are located – Luxor is dying. It is no wonder that people speak nostalgically about […]
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