Mena House Oberoi, Cairo
main entrance
Light fixture in hotel lobby
Hotel lounge off main lobby
View from my room
View from hotel room
Beautiful rooms
my room at Mena House Oberoi Hotel, Cairo
Love that makeup mirror
Giza, view from Gouda Fayed's Guesthouse
the infamous Sphinx
Note other doorways to mestabas in the rocks
Helen and Barry
Typical street congestion at Giza
Camel riding very popular
Multi parking
Horses popular too
Old mixes with the new
Note design shaved on camel's neck
Typical living room
Guesthouse
Guesthouse workshop space
Cairo Museum
Lotus flowers in pond
Temple by the Sphinx
Hiking up to pyramids
Mortuary Temple by Great Pyramid
Great Pyramid built for Cheops
Armed guards everywhere
Upper original entrance, lower current entrance
Beginning of tunnel into Great Pyramid
Debra & Joy
Cam & Erin checking out the sarcophagus
King's chamber. Note orbs
Gallery Passageway to King's Chamber
Tunnel of chambers
Niches in wall of passageway
Kai
Lots of orbs
Overlooking Cairo
Mosque spire
Desert oasis
Inside Mastaba at Saqqara
false door
Entrance to tomb below badly damaged pyramid
Temple entrance to the Step Pyramid at Saqqara
Oldest of Egypt's pyramids
Built for King Djoser
Architect was Imhotep
Work being done the old way
Carpet factory
Carpet factory, uses child labor
Large loom
Carpet showroom
Pond of lotus flowers
Baking pita bread
Desert at Dashur
Red Pyramid at Dashur
Main chamber inside Red Pyramid
Red Pyramid
Entrance to side road
Bent Pyramid at Dashur
Another pyramid used by military for target practice!
Trees heavy with dates
Bouganvilea
Smoking the hooka pipe
Military/police presence dominant
Flying Egyptair to Luxor
Desert plains near Luxor
The bounty of the River Nile
Meditation aboard Nile Symphony
Welcome to Karnak
Coptic structures nearby
Ram (Aires) Sphinxes
Pharoah with daughter
Chapel of Sekhmet
Entrance to chaple of Sekhmet
Beth
Donalie
Luxor Temple
Orbs galore around Mosque spire
Model of tombs below the surface in Valley of the Kings
topside model of Valley of the Kings
Active dig in progress
Tomb of King Tut
Hooka Pipes
Lots of openings in the hillsides
Working on alabaster
Alabaster Shop
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
Der el Bahari, lots of tombs in mountain side
So much to explore
Grave robbers paradise
Pharaoh Amenhotep 111 at Colossi of Memnon
Lush crops nearby
On board cruise ship
Mask of Sekhmet
Merchants selling their wares
Temple of Horus, Edfu
Horus, the Falcom God
Ceiling desicrated by burning
Horse & buggy waiting for customers
Towel magic
Water Buffalo
Always armed presence
Temple of Sobek, Kom Ombo
Temple of Haroeris, Kom Ombo
Mummified Crocodile
Egyptian Night - Debra, Joy, Kai
Ell, Bronwyn, Jan
Happy 50th Lana
Aswan Bridge
Lana, Debra
Erin & Cam
Beth, Kai, Joy, Bronwyn
Joy, Ell, Bronwyn
Lana & Ivan
What have we got ourselves into !!!
Games & highjinks
Making Mummies
Daily surprises
Aswan Dam
Lake Nasser
On way to Island of Philae
Temple of Philae
Jan
City of the Dead
Busy boat dock
Rustic boarding, watch your step!
Felucca
Temple for Aga Khan
Musical fun on the boat
Felucca sailing
Heron
Our cruise boat
Play bumper cars to get in or out
Elephant for Kai
Navigating challenge
Nubian village
Nubian Village
4 yr old croc
8 yr old croc
Inside a Nubian home
Khan El Kahilili market, Cairo
lots of hooka pipes
very narrow passageways
Belly dancing anyone
A clothing store in Cairo
Cairo Hilton
Interesting tower in Cairo
Modern Cairo
Gutted van, no floor boards
Carpet weavers
Our last farewell
