Egypt - Sand, stone and baksheesh
Reliving the ancient history in Cairo, Luxor, Nile river and beyond.
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Above the mother of the world
Cairo is the largest city in Africa and home to 15 million souls. The minarets are fighting to be heard over the ambient noise from the rough traffic below.
Cairo
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Cry me a river
A felucca going down the Nile in lower Egypt.
Nile river
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The three stooges
The influence of the Nile is easy to spot in the barren land, as there is a clear limit where the desert starts.
Giza, Cairo
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Nilecity
If you got baksheesh, you're the king of Khan el Khalili.
Khan el Khalili bazaar, Cairo
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Hello there
Excuse me, is this the way to Mos Eisley?
Giza, Cairo
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Along the Nile
Nile river
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The guardian
If this horse could speak, he would say "None shall pass".
Luxor
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Temple of death
The funerary complex of Queen Hatshepsut is suitably located somewhere in nowhere.
Hatshepsut's Temple, Deir el-Bahri