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Souvenirs at Giza
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Me and the Giza Pyramids
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Khafre Pyramid
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Me and a camel
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Man on Camel
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An Egyptian
Mounted Policeman
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Mencaure Pyramid
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Entering the Mencaure pyramid
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Anne poses in front of the
Sphinx
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Making Papyrus
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Judy shows us how it's done
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The name is inscribed on
the papyrus
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The Egyptian Museum
in Cairo
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Statue of Rameses
II with Horus. Cairo Museum
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Tutankhamun's golden
death mask. Cairo Museum
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The Nile, Cairo
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Boats on the Nile, Cairo
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Moon Beach. View from the restaurant
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Moon Beach restaurant
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Bob and Laura on Moon
Beach
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The mountains of Sinai
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Local girl. Sinai
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Waiting for sunrise on Mt
Sinai
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View west from Mt Sinai
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Sunrise over Sinai
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The descent from
Mt Sinai
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A Camel. Mt Sinai
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Racing jeeps across the
beach to Dahab
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Sand Bottles. Dahab
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Shishas in the restaurant at
Dahab. Dave, Jo, Oisin, Hugo, Laura, Bob, Bev, Ian, Me, Chris, Jenny
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The Daniella Hotel. Dahab
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Driving through the Sinai
Desert
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The White Canyon
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In the White Canyon
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Rest break at the oasis
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Judy buying trinkets at the
oasis
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Relaxing in the pool at the oasis
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Walking to the Narrow
Canyon
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Nigel, Oisin,
Hugo and Martin In the Narrow Canyon
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Rock sculptures
in the Narrow Canyon
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The camp at Ras Mohammed
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Covered in Mud
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The entrance to Ras
Mohammed National Park
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All aboard the dive boat
at Hurghada.
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Sophie finds fins that fit
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Lisa, Martin, Jo,
Anne, Laura, Bob, Nigel and Anne on the dive boat
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Fish at Hurghada
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More fish at Hurghada
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Me underwater at Hurghada
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The Old Arkhashom
Carpet Shop
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In our headcloths. Bob,
Oisin, Anne, Myself, Nigel, Martin, Lisa
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Calesh 62. With Sophie and Isobel
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The entrance to the Karnak Temple
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The Hypostyle Hall.
Karnak temple
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The obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut
and Thutmosis I. Karnak
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The Avenue of the Sphinxes.
Karnak
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TheTemple of Karnak from
the outside
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Emilio. Drinks on
the Roof. Oisin, Lisa, Judy, Bev, Hugo, Isobel, Ian, Martin
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The Necropolis of Thebes
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Balloons ascending
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Descent into
Valley of the Kings
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Nile
Valley from Valley of the Kings
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The Temple of Hatshepsut
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Donkeys home again
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Ferry 'cross the Nile
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Ian and Isobel on
the Nile Ferry
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Ballooning over the
Carter House
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Little bloke doing
landing dance with Judy
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Medinat Habu
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The Luxor markets
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Oisin and Judy
at the spice stall
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Chicken seller in Luxor
market
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The chicken gets it! (Photo by Oisin)
market
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Selling rabbits in Luxor
market
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Luxor Village
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The MS Doma
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Rameses II and
I at the Luxor Temple
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Luxor temple
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Statues at Luxor temple
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Lisa, Jo, Judy, Martin,
Oisin and I have tea and eclairs at the Sheraton Cafe.
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On the M. S. Doma (Amanda in
the foreground)
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Sunset over the Nile
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Edfu Temple
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Horus at the entrance to Edfu
temple
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The Felucca Sailtrek
group on their return journey north
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The temple of Kom Ombo
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Market traders at Kom
Ombo
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Aaron
and Amy buy headgear at Kom Ombo market
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Snake charmer at Kom
Ombo
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A nap on the coach to
Abu Simbel
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The temples of Abu Simbel
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Feluccas on the Nile. Aswan
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View of the Nile
from Kitchener's Island
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The Old Cataract Hotel
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Supper in the Nubian
village
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Sarah gets
a henna tattoo. Nubian Village
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Kids in the Nubian village
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Mounting a camel. Judy shows
us how
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St. Simeon's Monastery
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The guide at St.
Simeon's Monastery
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The Aswan High Dam
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View downstream
from the Aswan High Dam
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Philae Temple of Isis
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Philae Temple of Hathor
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Ape playing
a lute. Philae Temple of Hathor
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Oisin in our cabin,
decorated by the crew
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Dinner on the MS Doma
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Party on the MS Doma
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Playing the Potato Game
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Andrew and Louise play the
Bottle Game
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Afternoon tea at the Metropolitan.
Terry, Oisin, Martin, Jo, Judy, Lisa.
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The expensive silk rug
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The Hibis Temple. El Kharga Oasis.
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The Necropolis
of Al Bagawat. El Kharga Oasis
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El Kharga carpet factory.
Spinning the wool.
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El Kharga carpet factory.
Weaving the cloth.
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El Kharga carpet factory.
Combing the cloth.
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El Kharga Pottery.
Throwing the pots.
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El Kharga Pottery.
Decorating the pots.
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El Kharga Pottery.
Painting the pots.
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El Kharga Date Factory
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El Kharga Date Factory.
Washing the dates.
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Girls at the El Kharga
Date Factory
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A walk in
the desert. Dakhla Oasis
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The Bedouin camp at Mut
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Anne, Laura and
Bob on Camels
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Desert Camp
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The Hot Spring at Mut
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The mosque in El Kasr Old
Town
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Flour Mill at El Kasr Old
Town
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Ebrahim at the Ethnographic
Museum Museum
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Figurines at the
Ethnographic Museum in Mut
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On the road to Farafra
. . .
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. . . we photograph each other
in the middle of the desert . . .
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. . . climbing the dunes
. . .
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. . . our shadows in
the sunset . . .
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. . . and returning to
the coach.
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Market Day in Farafra
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Abdul fails to catch dates
in his hat
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Prisoner and Dove.
Sculpture at Badr's Museum
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Wall decorations. Badr's Museum
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The sculpture
garden at Badr's Museum
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The White Desert
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A Dung Beetle
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A cryptic message
in the desert from a previous Explore tourist
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While our guides cook dinner
. . .
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. . . we climb a nearby hill
. . .
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. . . and watch the
sunset over the camp.
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Striking camp. The
White Desert.
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Oisin takes photos on Crystal
Mountain
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The road to Cairo
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The Zoser Pyramid
at Saqqara
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The Bent Pyramid at Dahshur
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The Entrance
to the Red Pyramid at Dahshur
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Descent into the Red
Pyramid
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The Citadel of Saladin
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Inside the Citadel of
Saladin
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The Mosque of Mohammed
Ali
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The Old Bazaar
in Cairo
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Anne and
Nigel in the Shisha shop
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