Everyday Egypt in pictures

Here are some pictures, mostly taken by my sister Ellen, of everyday scenes around Egypt, plus some shots of us just having fun.  The mix of ancient, medieval and modern is amazing. 

Egyptian men smoking water pipe beyond the aqueduct, Cairo

                   Egyptian pay phone (Ringo) with Arabic and western numerals on the keys

Gary practices his Arabic with an unwary Egyptian, as the Ra waited                        Emma and Will at the unfinished obelisk

Dinner call on the xylophone, Ra I

            The captain of the boat that took us to Philae

Cap'n Gary on felucca

                          Ellen on camel near the pyramids

Nile waterbird near Philae

Camel driver near the pyramids

          Palm trees along the Nile, before Aswan

Samir's, Ellen's favorite fast food joint in Cairo

                                                                                                                                                Pizza Hut, Dokki, Cairo

Gingerbread pyramids, hotel lobby, Safir hotel, Dokki, Cairo

                                            Emma outside an Internet cafe, Dokki, Cairo

    Donkey, tractor, hay barge along the Nile, taken from the deck of the Ra I

                                                                                Nile Bowling, Cairo  (the security guard would not let us take a picture of the nearby Nile Ice Skating!)

  Will piggybacks Alison and Caroline at the pyramids, with Edie and Gary behind

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