Hungry for more excitement I fix my compass on the Aegean, but a freak storm sweeps down from the Bosporus blanketing the Cyclades in snow. I takeoff for Egypt in a blizzard, and end up wandering along the banks of the Nile in the sunshine, photographing its tombs, temples and pyramids, before heading off to the Sinai with the Bedouin to explore the mysterious turquoise mines of the ancient pharaohs