Waking Early, Feeling Cold, Skipping Breakfast, and Other Benefits of Travel

A travel tale featuring Egypt and Guatemala

Where the Nile River valley meets the Sahara Desert. Photo by the author.

With only a swallow of coffee and juice in our bellies, we trudge downstairs in the dark to the waiting tuk tuk. Across our dirt road, free of street dogs at this hour, rice reaches its straight, chartreuse stalks up to the sky. Donkeys bray in the distance.