Lunch in Cairo, on the banks of the Nile.
Havana Hotel, Cairo.
Driving past the Piramids.
A walk through Bahariya Oasis.
Oasis Panorama Hotel, Bahariya.
Driving to the Black Desert.
Black Desert straight ahead!
On the summit of a Black Mountain.
Our Jeep waiting patiently at the foot of the Black Mountain.
Black Desert Panorama.
Beduin lunch beteen Black and White Deserts.
Our flat-tired Jeep.
Waiting in the desert sun for the tire to be changed.
Help changing the tire.
Crystal Mountain.
Detail of Crystal Mountain.
The steep sandy slope we will shortly drive down.
At the top of the steep sandy slope we will shortly drive down.
Morituri te salutant.
Our driver Said preparing for the death-defying descent.
Trying to be unimpressed with the prospect of our death-defying descent.
Waiting to dive down the slope.
The moment of truth.
Rocky formations on the way to the White Desert.
Bizarre and magical White Desert rocks.
The Mushroom.
Mushroom and Chicken.
Mushroom, Wife, and Chicken.
Bizarre and magical White Desert rocks growing out of my head.
The Joystick.
Mushroom Sunset.
Here's the WWI flying ace zooming through the air in his Sopwith Camel.
Said and Mohamed preparing our camp.
Surreal colors and shapes at night.
Surreal shapes and colors at night.
Slow desert dawn.
Waking up in our camp.
Here comes the sun.
Parrot Sunrise.
Parrot, Mountain and France.
Magical colors.
Waking up at sunrise in the White Desert.
Desert breakfast.
Beneficial mineral pool in Dahkla Oasis.
Shopping in Kharga Oasis (with our excellent guide Bakr).
Kharga Oasis.
View from our room at Lotus Hotel, Luxor.
Luxor Temple.
The mosque in Luxor Temple.
The Hypostyle Hall at Luxor Temple.
Statue of Ramses II.
A miniature woman standing on the foot of a column.
Papyrus Columns in Luxor Temple.
Luxor Temple at night.
The Temple of Hatjepsut.
Detail of the Temple of Hatjepsut.
The ferry from the West Bank back to Luxor.
Luxor Temple as seen from the Nile.
Waiting at Luxor Station for the train to Aswan.
View of Elephantine Island from Corniche-el-Nil, Aswan.
Taking the ferry to Elephantine Island.
Vital merchandise for Elephantine Island.
In the Nubian Village on Elephantine Island.
Kitchener Island.
Lunch on a rock on Elephantine Island, overlooking the Nile and Kitchener Island.
A Nile Heron.
View from Elephantine Island of the Old Cataract Hotel (of Agatha Christie fame).
View of the old monastery across the Nile.
Pigeon roost in the Nubian Village on Elephantine Island.
View of the First Cataract from our hotel room in Sara Hotel, Aswan (Nasr City).
Temple of Philae as seen from the water.
Boating to the Temple of Philae.
Temple of Philae.
Detail of the Temple of Philae.
Colonnade of the Temple of Philae.
Pylons of the Temple of Philae.
Side temple at Philae.
Kiosk of Hadrianus.
The sukh (market) of Aswan.
The sukh of Aswan.
Large mosque in Aswan.
Inside the mosque.
First peek at the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
An eagle circling over the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
The Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
Southernmost colossus of Ramses II in the facade of the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
Northern colossi of Ramses II in the facade of the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
Relief of Ra above the door to the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
The Temple of Nefertari at Abu Simbel.
The largest artificial lake in the world.
The Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, with no other visitors!
Waiting for the sun to set at the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
Sunrise at the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
Contemplating the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
Sunrise.
Horus and Ramses II.
Hathor and Ramses II.
The Temples of Ramses II and Nefertari at Abu Simbel.
Part of the collapsed colossus of Ramses II.
The faces of two of the colossi of Ramses II.
Horus and two colossi of Ramses II.
Inside the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
A last look at the Temple of Rames II at Abu Simbel.
The pool at Sara Hotel, Aswan.
A water buffalo grazing on the banks of the Nile.
Our excellent first mate and captain on the felucca.
Purple beduin village on the banks of the Nile.
Sailing on a felucca.
Relaxing on a felucca.
More water buffalo.
An ancient Nile cruiser.
A Nile heron.
Lunch break on the banks of the Nile.
Relaxing on the felucca.
Sailing the felucca.
Jungle and desert on the banks of the Nile.
Sunset from the felucca.
Sunset on the felucca.
The Temple at Kom Ombo.
Coffe on the sukh in Luxor.
Towel art at Lotus Hotel.
Sunset at the Lotus Hotel.
Back home with Ober the Cat.
