The Word at Sultan Hassan
Cairo, Egypt “The Word”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 17: The Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa is rarely if ever unattended. A working house of God, the mosque is open to all; One can expect to find worshippers, clerics and teachers from the school within this historic temple. The […]
Froggy
The Red Sea, Tiran, Egypt “Froggy”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 16: “Look for a small white sponge but with eyes, you know?” So said the divemaster from Camel Dive Club and Hotel. We had just had the predive briefing as our boat approached Jackson Reef, a dive site […]
Old-Time Religion
Cairo, Egypt “Have a Seat”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 15: As I’ve mentioned before, Cairo is home to hundreds of mosques. One of the most imposing is the magnificent Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa, downtown on the edges of the old city. Just a very short distance from […]
Dive In!
The Red Sea, Ras Muhammad, Egypt “Bubbles“View or share this image at Flickr. “So Long!“View or share this image at Flickr. Touring Egypt 14: Nothing can be more exhilarating than to float weightless through a cloud of bubbles and brightly colored fish; to be completely at ease, literally surrounded by colors and lightness as you […]
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 […]
