Cairo and the Pyramids (Part 2)

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Shopkeepers and I enjoying sheesha
After a very precarious ride in a minivan with a dozen other people crammed into it, we arrived at this pleasant café on the outskirts of Cairo where we enjoyed coffee and sheesha.

 

 

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At the café

 

 

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Me sitting outside the café entrance

 

 

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Time to head back to downtown Cairo

 

 

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Great backdrop for a football pitch!

 

 

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My guide to the Pyramids

 

 

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Exploring one of the tombs

 

 

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Don’t go too close, they bite!

 

 

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Contrasting lines

 

 

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The Sphinx
Now considered to be naturally formed by desert winds with human intervention required to chisel out the face.

 

 

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Pyramids at Giza Plateau

 

 

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Necropolis and Great Pyramid

 

 

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Palm trees

 

 

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Sunlight into dark passageway

 

 

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Fat columns at Saqqara

 

 

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Saqqara pyramids

 

 

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At Saqqara

 

 

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Close-up of Saqqara Pyramid

 

 

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At Saqqara

 

 

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The Pyramid of Saqqara

 

 

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Security official on camel

 

 

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Massive hole in ground at Saqqara

 

 

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Great Causeway at Saqqara

 

 

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Hieroglyphics on stonework

 

 

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Lonely hut by Saqqara pyramids

 

 

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Palm trees stretching to distant Cairo

 

 

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The inside of the taxi!

 

 

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Dog on the streets of Memphis

 

 

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Ramses II statue at Memphis Museum

 

 

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Great teeth!

 

 

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Rich agriculture near the Nile

 

 

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My guide’s friend and daughter

 

 

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Moses the Camel

 

 

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Looking towards Cairo from Giza

 

 

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I do look ridiculous with this!

 

 

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Bottled scent for sale – very strong!

 

 

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Master scentmaker!

 

 

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Papyrus paper maker
This woman tried her absolute best to sell me papyrus art. But she failed!

 

 

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View of Cairo from sky

 

 

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 View of Cairo suburb from sky

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