Egypt
September 2003
A three week journey around Egypt. I wrote a full account of the trip, to record both the memories I want to keep and the historic facts I want to remember.


Part 1: Cairo (day 1). Intro, Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo, Citadel, City of the Dead, Old Cairo, about Cairo traffic.

Tutankhamen's coffin

Part 2: The Pyramids (day 2). Saqqara (pyramid of Djoser), Dahshur (pyramids of Snefru), Gizeh (pyramids of Khufu, Khefren and Menkaure; Sphinx), buying weed in Cairo.

Snefru's Red Pyramid

Part 3: The Desert (days 3-7). Bahariya Oasis, Black Desert, Crystal Mountain, White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Sahara, Al Qasr (Dakhla Oasis), Fort Umm el-Dabadib, Fort Umm Labakha, Kharga Oasis

Desert view

Part 4: Luxor (days 8-9). Temple of Karnak, swimming at Club Med, Temple of Luxor, about the tourist hunt, Valley of the Kings, temple of Hatshepsut, who's the donkey?

The Temple of Karnak

Part 5: Aswan and Abu Simbel (days 10-11). Kitchener Island, Elephantine Island, preparing to split, Abu Simbel, the High Dam, Philae Island.

The monument for Russian-Egyptian friendship at the High Dam of Aswan

Part 6: Going Solo (days 12-16). Temple of Edfu, back in Luxor, police protection, Qena, temple of Dendara, Al-Balyana, Hotel Abydos, temples of Abydos, Hurghada, snorkling in the Red Sea, public beach.

The temple of Hathor in Dendara

Part 7: Alexandria (days 17-18). History, meeting Salma, Fort of Qaitbey, Mosque of Abu al-Abbas, Kom al-Dikka, Catacombs of Kom al-Shuqafa, the Library, Montaza Palace, dinner, train station; Gizeh bis.

Salma walking like an Egyptian

Part 8: Cairo (day 19). History of islamic Egypt, Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifai mosques, mosque of Ibn Tulun, El Masidin, Al-Azhar mosque, the three madrasas, Al-Hakim mosque, northern wall, shopping in the soukh.

On the roof of a madrasa in Cairo




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