Howard Hillman named it as one of the 100 wonders of the world. Cruising in Nile cruise had always been one of the things that I wanted to do. The opportunity came when I visited Egypt on 2007 and I headed to a travel agent in El Tahrir to see if they could offer me with something.

Everything seemed to alright with the agent. The person in charge, I remember well her name, Madaya, assured us that it will be a 5 star cruise, full board meal, along the nile river, …

By any chance if you are in Egypt, and you couldn’t make up your mind either to have rice, lentils or pastas for your lunch, you don’t have to worry anymore! Try koshary, an Egyptian dish that mixes all these ingredients.

My friend (Ikhwan) and I had our first koushary near midan El Tahrir in a restaurant that is also called El Tahrir. It consists of a base of rice, brown lentils, chickpeas, macaroni, and a topping of Egyptian garlic and vinegar and spicy tomato sauce (salsa).

Koshary seems to be an …