ALEXANDRIA
Pompey's Pillar. The only standing Roman ruin in Alexandria.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Built on the site of the ancient Library of Alexandria.
The library's planetarium. Looks like the Death Star.
Roman amphitheater ruins
Mosque by the boardwalk
CAIRO, ROUND 1
Typical Egyptian policeman
Mosque in the middle of downtown Cairo
Al-Azhar Mosque
A real Egyptian street market for locals. Won't find any souvenirs here.
Mosque of Sayyida Zeinab
Random mosque
Pyramid of Khufu (aka The Great Pyramid of Giza)
Entrance to the tomb. The walk to get to the tomb is more interesting than the tomb itself.
Pyramid of Khafre
All three pyramids. The pyramid on the far right is the Pyramid of Menkaure.
The standard "Look at me standing in front of something famous" picture
Camel ride around the back of the pyramids to the Sphinx
He looks like he's having a great time
Contiki caravan
The whole Giza Necropolis
The Great Sphinx
This is what everyone thinks of when they think of Egypt
Shot from the freeway headed to downtown Cairo
Another shot from the middle of Cairo
SOUTHERN EGYPT
Driving across the Aswan Dam
The unfinished obelisk at the stone quarry in Aswan. The obelisk cracked as they were carving it, so they just left it there.
That's the actual Sahara Desert
The Nile
The only crocodile we saw the whole trip
View from the top of a sand dune
Me & Mason
Really shouldn't have walked up in bare feet. Turns out Saharan sand is hot.
Random ancient ruin on the Nile
The Great Temple at Abu Simbel (Ramesses the Great)
Close-up with people for scale
No pictures allowed inside. This is as good as it gets.
The Small Temple at Abu Simbel (Nefertari)
The temple was in danger of being flooded when the Aswan Dam was built. So in the 1960s, the entire temple was carved up into blocks and relocated. This is a close-up of how it was carved up.
Shot of the whole temple. Abu Simbel was the most impressive thing I saw during the entire trip.
Room on the Nile cruise boat.
Pool deck. Spent every night up here drinking Stella and Saqqara.
Temple of Kom Ombo
The two gods that Kom Ombo is dedicated to. Horus (falcon) and Sobek (crocodile).
Some well preserved carvings
Pretty cool columns
Kom Ombo side view
Temple of Horus, in Edfu
This is what happens when you build a temple, die, and your successor hates you
Interior of the Temple of Horus
The outer walls
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