Blog about Food, Travel and Life in Egypt

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I'm Alissa and I'm 33 years old. I'm a global nomad currently residing in Dahab, on the Egyptian peninsula Sinai with my husband and daughter. I quit my job and started a new life in Egypt at the shore of the Red Sea. I'm writing about life, food and travel. Be part of my journey.

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Jul 1, 2021
8 min

How to Pick the Battles with your Toddler?

I've received so much encouraging feedback from my previous cool mama post from 10 months ago. Therefore, I decided to write a...

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Sep 21, 2020
8 min

6 Tips of How to Become a Cool Mama

It’s funny that this blog started off with a theme of “cooking and traveling” three years ago. Today, me and most of the world is pretty...

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Aug 14, 2020
4 min

8 Amazing Arab Indie Musicians Worth Checking Out

I live in Dahab and it's considered a hotspot for Arab independent music lovers. From the very start I came here I was very impressed and...

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May 16, 2020
7 min

I was Pregnant for 10 Months Because I wanted to Own My Birth Experience

I met my husband in Dahab, a small fisher town on the shore of the red sea on the Sinai peninsula (Egypt). I got pregnant and we were...

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Jul 13, 2019
5 min

8 Best Meals You Need to Try When Visiting Dahab

Dahab is a super laid back town in South Sinai at the Red Sea in Egypt. Formerly, this magical place used to be a fishing village...

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Jun 28, 2019
6 min

Confessions of a Carnivore: The True Story of Why I enrolled into a Butchery Course

Back in March 2019 I took a butcher course in a culinary school in Tel Aviv. The course was given by one of the first believers in...

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Mar 21, 2019
3 min

How I Found Paradise in Dahab Sinai

Sinai never stops to provide miracles where you least expect them. After leaving Ras Al Satan we continued our journey southwards to...

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Feb 26, 2019
6 min

"Everything is Easy in Sinai" - Why and How to Travel to the Egyptian Peninsula

Just a couple of hours away from the bustling city of Tel Aviv, over the boarder to Egypt you land in Sinai. This place is balsam for...

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Jan 14, 2019
6 min

Best Value Happy Hours for Food and Booze in Tel Aviv

My favourite city in the world is a pricey place. With low wages and expensive taste in food and alcohol it's hard to come by in Tel...

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Nov 4, 2018
7 min

The Walking Village - All Your Camino de Santiago Questions Answered

The French St James way also known as the Camino de Santiago Frances (the path to Santiago) is a 800 km long pilgrimage through northern...

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Aug 24, 2018
4 min

5 most delicious street food eateries on the Carmel Market

In 80 minutes around the world. In the last couple of years Tel Aviv's tourism started booming again bringing lots of new international...

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Jul 30, 2018
5 min

Why did I decide to walk the Camino de Santiago? 7 Reasons.

After a whole year of contemplating about what is going to happen when I actually leave my workplace in the end of August 2018; I finally...

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Jul 18, 2018
6 min

6 Amazingly Original Eating and Drinking Experiences in Tel Aviv

After a longer period of time of cooking at home I started dining out more in Tel Aviv and stumbled upon a couple of amazing places I'd...

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