You don’t choose Egypt. Egypt chooses you. That’s what a guide told us on our third day in Cairo. At first, I thought it was just an elegant phrase crafted for tourists. But by the time we flew back home, I realized how deeply those words had embedded

Uday, a software engineer from Bangalore, had been planning a special vacation for months. His wife had always dreamed of visiting Egypt. Both shared a love for history and had often talked about exploring the land of pharaohs, pyramids, and the Nile. After months of contemplation, Uday decided it was