Mara’s (Marie Vaughan) personal diary of daily life running a hotel in Luxor – Egypt as lived day to day, not as a destination: the people, the setbacks, the small victories, and the long relationship with a place she now calls home.
“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”….until recently I only thought of this saying in the context of the fury of a woman being ‘dumped’ by a man. On looking it up I found the full phrase to be “Heav’n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn’d, Nor Hell a Fury, like a…
Has the habit of personal dishonesty in Egypt gone too far? Is it ruining Egypt’s international reputation? Habitual lying from top to bottom of society
Main Photo above: MEN AT WORK across the road from Mara House at the moment…they are digging the foundations for a building, which might take from 1 year to 20 years to complete. Watching paint dry and watching people at work in Egypt—sometimes there’s not much difference between the two for the watcher. Depending on…
2010 Birell ad “Don’t try explaining anything to any woman…..they are all too stupid to understand…Drink Birrell non-alcoholic beer!” My arabic is not good enough to understand all the ads on tv here (Egypt) but this time I had someone with me who translated the ad I was watching…..I asked her 4 times (she’s Egyptian)if…
I never dreamed of running a hotel — until a 1980s TV show planted the seed. That spark became Mara House Luxor, where I now welcome guests and share Egypt’s magic.