Mohamed A. El Monem - Roamancing

Roamancing Egyptian Satellite TV in Marsa Alam

Loving this episode with handsome and witty Mohamed A.El Monem in Marsa Alam on Egyptian Satellite TV. Especially excited about it as we (and Audrey and Dan of Uncornered Market) were in Marsa Alam when Mohamed and his production team were there filming this and had the opportunity to hang out with them both on and off camera. They were fun to debate politics and world issues with, in addition to dancing with (you can see some of Mohamed’s dance moves towards the end of the episode).

Enjoyed my time with this lovely group of people.

You can also catch Mohamed interviewing me on Egypt and Roamancing towards the end of Episode. I encourage you to watch the whole thing though, as much of it is in English, in addition to Arabic (for the non-Arabic speakers amoung you) and the content is interesting, including interviews with the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and people involved with some of the fun and fascinating eco adventure opportunities in Marsa Alam.

All I can think after watching this, is how very well Mohamed pegged our interests, as he suspected the eco dive lodge he visited would be up our alley and tried to get us to join him for the day there. Right he was, as I now want to go back to check it out. He may not have understood the appeal of being taught by specialists in marine biology and underwater photography, but I certainly do!

Audrey Scott: Egyptian TV Star

Audrey Scott: You know her from the Uncornered Market speaking team of Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott, but do you know her as the Egyptian TV Star? I do!

I was sitting just off to Audrey’s left snapping shots of her while Mohamed A. El Monem was interviewing Audrey on our time in Egypt this past April.

I got my time in front of the camera too, but I suspect it is on the cutting room floor, as ‘roamance’ and ‘looking for love and romance’ translates a little too literally in Arabic. I found myself saying, “It’s not about me finding a husband.” and then realizing how that may have translated to me being a tart, so trying to explain that we had married people involved too, which then sounded even worse. Hopefully Mohamed at least got in the end that ‘roamancing’ is about finding the beauty and (love) in the places, people and cultures we explore around the world.

Mohamed & Audrey on Egyptian Satellite TV

As an aside to that, Mohamed interviewed us for a couple of Shows on the Egyptian Satellite Channel, as well as hung out with us. He is an excellent interviewer and translator, and a fun and interesting person to spend time with. We had a good debate or two.

Despite Audrey’s new stardom and being the kind sole she is, she is still keeping Daniel Noll as her speaking partner (really, she is such a humanitarian . You can catch the two of them tonight (May 31st, 2012) in Vancouver speaking about their adventures exploring cultures around the world at the Future of Tourism talk that G Adventures and Planeterra are hosting at the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts. The Talk starts at 6:45 pm. Here is where to get your tickets!

Hope to see you there!

PS. In Full Disclosure: As always, the opinions and thoughts shared here are our own and honest ones. We are bought out by no one. In the spirit of disclosure, it should be noted that on this trip, our expenses were paid by Egyptian Tourism, as a guest to the country and the UNWTO Media and Tourism Conference.