Intrepid Journeys - Egypt (Frank Bunce)

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2011

Since I was a boy, rugby's always been a big part of my life.

– Presenter Frank Bunce opens the episode

I don't know anywhere else in the world that I've ever been, or seen, that would compare to this place, and I've only been here for five minutes.

– Presenter Frank Bunce absorbs Cairo at the start of the episode

When you talk to the local people, the life they lead is a pretty hard one. They can't afford basics, you know, for their families and it should be a rich country. And there should be more than enough for everybody.

– Presenter Frank Bunce looks beneath the tourist veneer of Egypt, early in this episode

You have to go and do the touristy things in countries, because they're touristy things for a reason — and in a place like Egypt, you can't get away from it...

– Presenter Frank Bunce heads to the famous Abu Simbel temple complex

It would have been an amazing place in its day. Like a lot of things in Egypt, a feat of engineering.

– Frank Bunce visits the Shali Fortress in Siwa

Always wanted to be a cowboy — I love the isolation. I'm very happy with my own company, actually. I could spend a lot of time by myself.

– Presenter Frank Bunce revels in the freedom of the Egyptian desert

He is the only one has been to blame . . . He sleeps with silk, and he doesn't feel (for) the people who eat the stones in the streets.

– A local shares his opinion on President Hosni Mubarak

I've arrived in Cairo after a long, long, long trip. Unfortunately my bags didn't arrive with me. It's a bit of a pain, but no biggie...

– Presenter Frank Bunce on having no luggage, at the start of this episode

I can smell smoke from the burning buildings and things are getting tense on the street.

– Presenter Frank Bunce finds himself in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian revolution

I really admire people — they stand up for their rights, they stand up for what they believe in. It takes a lot of courage.

– Presenter Frank Bunce in the midst of the 2011 Egyptian revolution in Cairo, at the end of this episode