Come Sail Away
The Nile River, Southern Egypt “Returning“Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt 13: Sailboats always attract my eye (usually, my lens as well). Egyptian feluccas seem to me both exotic and beautiful, especially when their sails pick up the light of the sun in the terrifically scenic Nile River [...]
Cleaning day
The Red Sea, Ras Muhammad, Egypt “Cleaning Day“Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt 12: Would you believe, it must have been Saturday night? Or something about “once a week, whether you need it or not?” OK, that was a couple of throw-away jokes for Americans there … sorry, [...]
Be a Friend and a Guide
Edfu, Egypt “Be a Friend“Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt 11: Let’s take a break from Cairo. Today we jump ahead to Edfu, a town and temple site not too far from Aswan, near the southern end of Egypt’s Nile River. Most cruises from Luxor to Aswan will [...]
Ghost!
The Red Sea, Ras Muhammed, Egypt Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt 10: As I am sure your finely tuned senses have detected (being, as you are, the ever-observant, engaged reader), tonight’s post is underwater. Yesterday was on land, so today must be underwater. Hello: pattern! Here is [...]
Heights of Cairo
Cairo, Egypt “Minarets of Cairo“Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt 9: This time, let’s talk altitude. Getting high-up to see the fabulous panorama of old, Islamic Cairo. Long before I ever visited Egypt for the first time, I saw illustrations and read in travel books about how the [...]
