After walking hundreds of kilometers across Egypt, one thing stood out: when you meet the army or border guards and you’re straightforward about your situation, they’ll always help. They may not encourage the journey, but if you’re already in it and honest, they’ll support you.
Walking 388 km across Egypt taught me something real: the desert shows you every kind of person. I met Bedouins who protected me, fed me, and treated me like family… and I also walked into situations that could’ve ended badly. #HikingEgypt#SoloHike#PortSaidToAlamein#Survival
Walked 388K PortSaid-Alamein.
Met nothing but kindness-Drivers, sheikhs, simple people.
Two places I wouldn’t walk at night: Manzala Lake stretch & from KM21 → Sidi Krir.
Daytime? Safe
Nighttime? Don’t risk it.
The coast is beautiful, but the highway is not forgiving #DesertHike
The hardest part of my Alex→Cairo (141km) and Port Said→Alamein (388km) hikes wasn’t the distance — it was not knowing where I’d sleep, and walking roads that didn’t always feel safe, especially at night.
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My biggest mistake was trying to camp near Lake Manzala, northern Egypt with no tent. Everything is wet — the air, the ground, your gear — you don’t need to touch the water to be soaked.
As a guy who survived 388 km on foot across Egypt… I can tell you this: there are a lot of kind people out there.
But sometimes they’re not so kind.
And honestly? I just got lucky. Really lucky.