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Egypt 2012

Egypt 2012

On the Mews in London with Helen, first coffee after a long overnight flight. Buckingham Palace in the background

The Horse Guard

Helen found herself a guard, but couldn't fit him in her suitcase

Big Ben a.k.a the new Elizabeth Tower

The London Eye

St Paul's Cathedral

The eye

get a great view from up here

Walked along the Thames and there were lots of watering holes along the way, we were on the way to a Football Match so we unfortunately couldn't stop

Now Luke, this is a real mini-cooper. Poor guy he stopped for a second and had this crazy Canuk attack him.

Tower Bridge

Cheering for Fulham, unfortunately they lost

Egypt, we made it

Our boat the Emilo

The upper deck

Working out with my new fitness instructor Louie from Cape Cod. Okay Louie was just a new friend and not a instructor

Helen

Esna Temple

Getting checked out by a local

Life along the Nile

Felucca

Helen, Louie, and his daughter Rony

River traffic

Nobles tombs with a live local

Found these types of structures all along the river

A product of irrigation

Sunset the first night out

The unfinished Oblisk, it cracked during construction and was abandoned

Helen with the Oblisk

Brian a typical civil engineer, trying to make little rocks out of big ones.

David and Maggie, on a 8 month leave and traveling the world

Philae temple

Helen

Where's my Captain Morgans Rum

Morning tea on the Nile

Helen and Rony working out

A muesum in Aswan

A mummy

Myself, Brian and Liz (on their honeymoon), Helen and David starting the evening with a Gin and Tonic

A few G & T's later and poor Maggie

Evening entertainment

Felucca

Helen, Louie and Rony, we decided to go and hit the local market

The Market

A spice shop

Helen bartering for a belt, the only guy she couldn't talk into a deal

Anyone for lunch

Buying a Keffiyeh for Egyptian night on the boat

Aswan Botanical Gardens set up by Kitchener

Taking the boat to the gardens Helen, myself, Liz, Brian, Maggie and David

The kids are floating around on Styrofoam with paddles on their hands, they come up to the boats and sign for tips

Tombs of the Nobles

The gardens

Helen taking us home

It's my birthday and I'm going to party

Dressed up and sneaking in the window

Now where is that party

David, Rony,Helen, the birthday boy Liz, and Maggie

Rony and I

The three musketeeers; myself, Louie and Brian

The Norwegian connection

Brian, Liz, Louie and Rony

Worn out after the party

Kom Ombo temple

Helen and I at Kom Ombo

Coming aboard

Life along the river

The locks

The locals bartering their wares even through the locks

They would toss there wares up and then start to barter

Believe it or not but this is our Captain

Heating up the morning

A nice way to see the Nile

Helen looking up river

I want to fly

Maggie and David

Looking up into the balloon

The pit crew

Waiting for the balloon the deflate

Karnak Temple

Helen

In front of the Karnak Columns

Oblisk

Security

Luxor Temple

Al-deir al-bahari temple

Liz and Brian our honeymooners

Spare parts

Local transport

The Valley of the Queens

Inside the tombs in the valley of the Queens and the Kings the colours were still intact

Houses along the road to the Valley of the Queens

The great Pyramids in Cairo

Our guide took our cameras and loved having us pose

Queen of Sheba and myself

Just another Mummy in the tomb of Queens

Climbing out of the tomb

Tomb entrance

Helen and I getting ready to ride off into the Sahara

The Sphinx

Making sure no one steals it

The Step Pyramid. The new government doesn't like the steps so they are removing them and making it a smooth side. So much for history

History being destroyed

Bucked off

A dig site

The streets of Cario

22 million people in Cario

It's Bar-B-Que Our lunch for two

Salute

Sunset in Egypt

Egypt 2012

On the Mews in London with Helen, first coffee after a long overnight flight. Buckingham Palace in the background

The Horse Guard

Helen found herself a guard, but couldn't fit him in her suitcase

Big Ben a.k.a the new Elizabeth Tower

The London Eye

St Paul's Cathedral

The eye

get a great view from up here

Walked along the Thames and there were lots of watering holes along the way, we were on the way to a Football Match so we unfortunately couldn't stop

Now Luke, this is a real mini-cooper. Poor guy he stopped for a second and had this crazy Canuk attack him.

Tower Bridge

Cheering for Fulham, unfortunately they lost

Egypt, we made it

Our boat the Emilo

The upper deck

Working out with my new fitness instructor Louie from Cape Cod. Okay Louie was just a new friend and not a instructor

Helen

Esna Temple

Getting checked out by a local

Life along the Nile

Felucca

Helen, Louie, and his daughter Rony

River traffic

Nobles tombs with a live local

Found these types of structures all along the river

A product of irrigation

Sunset the first night out

The unfinished Oblisk, it cracked during construction and was abandoned

Helen with the Oblisk

Brian a typical civil engineer, trying to make little rocks out of big ones.

David and Maggie, on a 8 month leave and traveling the world

Philae temple

Helen

Where's my Captain Morgans Rum

Morning tea on the Nile

Helen and Rony working out

A muesum in Aswan

A mummy

Myself, Brian and Liz (on their honeymoon), Helen and David starting the evening with a Gin and Tonic

A few G & T's later and poor Maggie

Evening entertainment

Felucca

Helen, Louie and Rony, we decided to go and hit the local market

The Market

A spice shop

Helen bartering for a belt, the only guy she couldn't talk into a deal

Anyone for lunch

Buying a Keffiyeh for Egyptian night on the boat

Aswan Botanical Gardens set up by Kitchener

Taking the boat to the gardens Helen, myself, Liz, Brian, Maggie and David

The kids are floating around on Styrofoam with paddles on their hands, they come up to the boats and sign for tips

Tombs of the Nobles

The gardens

Helen taking us home

It's my birthday and I'm going to party

Dressed up and sneaking in the window

Now where is that party

David, Rony,Helen, the birthday boy Liz, and Maggie

Rony and I

The three musketeeers; myself, Louie and Brian

The Norwegian connection

Brian, Liz, Louie and Rony

Worn out after the party

Kom Ombo temple

Helen and I at Kom Ombo

Coming aboard

Life along the river

The locks

The locals bartering their wares even through the locks

They would toss there wares up and then start to barter

Believe it or not but this is our Captain

Heating up the morning

A nice way to see the Nile

Helen looking up river

I want to fly

Maggie and David

Looking up into the balloon

The pit crew

Waiting for the balloon the deflate

Karnak Temple

Helen

In front of the Karnak Columns

Oblisk

Security

Luxor Temple

Al-deir al-bahari temple

Liz and Brian our honeymooners

Spare parts

Local transport

The Valley of the Queens

Inside the tombs in the valley of the Queens and the Kings the colours were still intact

Houses along the road to the Valley of the Queens

The great Pyramids in Cairo

Our guide took our cameras and loved having us pose

Queen of Sheba and myself

Just another Mummy in the tomb of Queens

Climbing out of the tomb

Tomb entrance

SAM 3037

Helen and I getting ready to ride off into the Sahara

The Sphinx

Making sure no one steals it

The Step Pyramid. The new government doesn't like the steps so they are removing them and making it a smooth side. So much for history

History being destroyed

Bucked off

A dig site

The streets of Cario

22 million people in Cario

It's Bar-B-Que Our lunch for two

Salute

Sunset in Egypt

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