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Coming Through!

Coming Through!

The Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt 6: Whoa! What the heck was that!?!? I and my ubiquitous camera are cruising with my group at about 60 feet on a boat dive* at Woodhouse Reef in the Straits of Tiran (the Red Sea). […]


Old-Fashioned Religion

Old-Fashioned Religion

Cairo, Egypt “Old-Fashioned Religion“Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt (5): There are many, many things a tourist should do in and around Cairo at night. We have all heard of the nightly sound-and-light show at the pyramids in nearby Giza, shopping and tea in the Khan el-Khalili, and […]


Ancient Egypt (redux)

Ancient Egypt (redux)

Luxor, Egypt “Ancient Egypt“Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt 4: Here is the promised repeat from an earlier post. Since the previous post today was so lame, I promised these, which are among my favorites from Egypt. For the record, this was originally posted on 5 August. But […]


The Classic View

The Classic View

Giza, Egypt Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt, number 3: Here is the classic view that I just had to share. I know, I know — everybody has done this one. Still, I love this photo — it is … well, “emblematic.” Here is the quintessential Egypt tourist […]


What You Lookin’ At?

What You Lookin' At?

Red Sea, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. “Touring Egypt” series, number 2: The “Paradise” dive site is a favorite for night dives in Sharm el-Sheikh. The site is very compact and offers a rich abundance of life, ranging from spanish dancers to sleeping parrotfish and groupers, […]