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Take A Seat: Egypt: Episode 7 (teaser)

cbolter — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:00:21 +0000

In Suez, John Manoly says goodbye to Dominic Gill and trades places with Jasmine El Defrawy, a contemporary woman challenging the traditional Middle-Eastern female role by accepting this physical challenge, going against her family’s beliefs.

Take A Seat: Egypt: Episode 6 (teaser)

cbolter — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:00:22 +0000

John helps Dominic Gill climb the steep hills of Egypt’s only mountain range as they cycled from Dahab to the ancient and religiously significant St. Catherine’s Monastery in Mount Sinai.

Take A Seat: Egypt: Episode 5 (teaser)

cbolter — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:44:23 +0000

Dominic Gill is joined by Mohsin Magdi, a curious companion looking to get back to his hometown of Aswan. Dominic decides to experience the Nile properly, so he retires his bike and climbs aboard a felucca, sailing it along the Nile back to Luxor.

Take a Seat: Egypt: Episode 4 (teaser)

cbolter — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:24:18 +0000

Ossam El Deeb, the desert veteran, rejoins Dominic Gill to take a seat from Dakhla to Luxor. After suffering stomach trouble, fighting headwinds and being forced to cycle at night to avoid the heat, the pair arrives on the banks of the river Nile.

Take a Seat: Egypt: Episode 3 (teaser)

emgordon — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:46:55 +0000

In the Bahariya Oasis, Dominic Gill finds another unlikely companion in Ossam El Deeb, who cycles with Dominic through part of the hottest landscape from Bahariya to to Farafra Oasis.

Take a Seat: Egypt: Episode 2 (teaser)

universalsports — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:03:24 +0000

The Sahara Desert is harsh as Dominic Gill and Ayman Shabrawy suffer temperatures up to 130 degrees and Ayman’s knee starts to buckle under the pressure of constant cycling.

Take a Seat: Egypt (opening)

universalsports — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:24:56 +0000

A 4,000 km journey, temperatures of up to 50 degrees celsius, and a spare back seat on a tandem bicycle in a country famous for the Pharaohs, the Promised Land and the Nile. Dominic Gill explored Egypt during a pivotal time: the June 2011 revolution.

Take a Seat: Egypt (teaser)

universalsports — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:35:34 +0000

In this third installment of the Take a Seat series, Dominic Gill, 31 from the United Kingdom, set out to explore the country of Egypt during a pivotal time in the nation: the revolution in June 2011.