Inside the Cairo Airport
Outside the international arrivals hall
On the street...
TRAFFIC!
My hotel room at the Sheraton--18th Floor
The view from my room-- The Nile.
Also a view from my room, towards the West-- Notice the Pyramids in the background
Cairo Tower
The Nile from a bridge
The Sheraton
The pool at the Sheraton
Caprese Salad and beer by the Sheraton Pool. yum.
The Nile again.
dinner at Bondokah, along the Nile.
The Papyrus Museum--one of about 3 million. The plant he's holding is papyrus.
Me holding papyrus.
Look, ma, a pyramid.
Now, I've moved on to my next hotel, the Sofitel Le Sphinx. Here's the view from there.
Leslie plays with the wait staff.
Our dinner cruise. But this boat doesn't move. There's a smaller one that docks to this on the other side.
Frank & Smita
Frank & Sandy
Frank, Jonathan, and Judd
Dinner on the Nile
A Whirling Dervish
Sheesha on the rooftop at Le Sphinx Rooftop
Le Mirage--before it gets hopping.
The Great Pyramid of Cheops built from 2590-2565 BC -- 455 feet tall. Notice how small the people are.
The Pyramid of Khafre, behind the Great Pyramid. Notice the limestone on top that used to cover the entire pyramid and make it smooth. This one was completed in 2533 BC and is 447 feet tall.
Smita on a camel.
Jonathan on a camel.
The third small pyramid is the Pyramid of Menkaure, completed in 2515 BC. It's 216 feet tall.
Self portrait on camel.
Peanut
Group Shot
Judd, the camel whisperer.
Going inside one of the Pyramids of the Queens-- this is one of three outside of the Great Pyramid, that of Queen Hetepheres.
Frank and Judd inside the Pyramid of Queen Hetepheres
Group shot inside the Pyramid of Queen Hetepheres. And it was HOT.
Inside a Mastaba--the burial places of rich officials who were entombed near the pyramid. This one is inside the Mastaba of Qar.
Inside the Mastaba of Idu.
Pyramid of Khafre
Frank and the Pyramid of Khafre
The back of the Sphinx's head
Smita gathering sand
Sphinx and the Pyramid of Khafre
Inside the Valley Temple, the place where Khafre was embalmed before being interred in the Pyramid.
How did they lift these things to do this?
I didn't have the fish.
The Egyptian Museum.
The Saladin Citadel, with the Alabaster Mosque of Muhammed Ali
This coffee house has been running continuously for 200 years.
Inside the market
Spices in the market
Turkish Coffee
Smoking Sheesha, flavored tobacco, on the rooftop of the Sofitel.
Sunset on the rooftop of the hotel.
The Alabaster Mosque
Inside a mosque in the Citadel
Inside a mosque
Inside another mosque in the Citadel
A window of a mosque, looking out into the city
The dome of the Alabaster Mosque
The city from inside the Citadel
Clock given by France's King Louis Phillipe, in exchange for the Obelisk that is now at Place de la Concorde in Paris.
Notice all of the minarets
Another dome in another mosque...
A tomb inside the mosque
St. George's Church in Coptic Cairo.
The Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo (also known as Saint Virgin Mary's Church)
Sandy with our cab driver, ZeZo
Sunset
Me at the Pyramids at Sunset, from the Pizza Hut Rooftop
The light and sound show at the Pyramids
Camel in traffic
