Officially, Hawass leads the team exploring the temple of Taposiris Magna, thirty miles west of Alexandria, where Kathleen Martinez expects to find Cleopatra.
I also found the space to join a Korean tour of Bejing, take a boat to Japan to hike Mt. Fuji and wander the streets of Kyoto, backpack through Southeast Asia to explore the temples of Ankor Watt, get stranded on remote beaches in Thailand, and hike the mountains of Vietnam.
Exploring the temple, it's all Ramses II, all the time.
When you're exploring the enigmatic temples of Angkor, along with the two million other tourists who come here each year, it can still feel like you're uncovering this lost kingdom for the first time.
As you explore the temple, I beg of you, let this be the only time in India when you accept the unsolicited help of a guide.
Trekking here mixes the jungle appeal of other parts of south-east Asia with the high drama of the Himalayas – and the opportunity to explore Rangoon and the temples of Bagan.
4 30 p.m. 2. Dosa Time It would be easy to spend an entire afternoon exploring the shops and temples of Malleswaram, but at some point, time must be set aside for dosas, savory crepes that south Indians enjoy at breakfast and as an afternoon snack.
I could easily have spent three entire days wandering these avenidas like an Indiana Jones, popping into shadowy shops; exploring the multitiered Taoist Temple of A-Ma; then lingering at twilight in the Latin plaza that dominates Macao's center, the Largo do Leal Senado.
The idea first came to him when he was working with monks from the Shaolin temple in China, exploring the traditions of their ancient martial art, kung fu.
