#rila mountains
This travel writing piece participated in the 2018 Travel Writing Competition which was done in collaboration with Travel Garage, Egypt‘s must-go to online store for purchasing adventure and travel goodies. Upon landing in a new country, what strikes an Egyptian the most, other than perpetually being surprised that women out of the Middle East happen to show skin, is perhaps the lushness and vegetation that spreads across a foreign (non-desert) country. It could happen, at times, that this lushness is the exact…