May 31, 2007

• Egypt

  10 days away in Egypt felt like an eternity but only in a good way.  It feels so strange to be back in London and dressed in constricting work clothes when all you've been wearing are linens and swim wear.  From touring the pyramids to swimming in the Red Sea, it was a lovely get away. 

  Here are some of my favorite photos:

  Gigantic pyramids and teeny-tiny people.

  

  My camel, Shazeem, did not appreciate me climbing aboard at all.  He kept trying to turn around to bite my leg and gave me some really nasty grunts at the end of ride.

  

  Bigfoot's more docile camel.

  

  Our tour group.

    

  In front of the now nose-less and beard-less Sphinx.

   

  Amazing 4000 year old hieroglyphs - can they really be in such good condition? I almost think they are fake!

   

  Apparently the world's oldest boat. The ancient Egyptians would bury these boats in giant pits next to the pyramids for the pharaoh's use in his afterlife.

  

  In Cairo, these beautiful fans open and close through out the day as needed.

  

  Mosques in Cairo, as 90% of the population are Muslim.

  

  Here are some fishy pictures from either scuba diving or snorkeling in the Red Sea. We were more impressed by the dives we did in the Maldives. But I think it might have been an oversight on our part in not researching the best dive sites in the Egyptian Red Sea.  I think you have to go to particular reefs in order to see the more spectacular stuff.  But in the Maldives, it was pretty spectacular where ever we went.  There was this one dive in Egypt where we saw these amazing coral gardens. Just mountains and mountains of healthy pink coral surrounding you.  I was in awe but too bad we didn't have our camera for that dive.  

  

  

  

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