Where: Egypt
Who: Miles Light
Description: Some pictures in and around Cairo - while working the Ministry of Trade and Economy
| Cairo and Around Egypt - 2005 and 2006
Where: Egypt Who: Miles Light Description: Some pictures in and around Cairo - while working the Ministry of Trade and Economy
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The Nile River - Taken from my Hotel Room -- Romantic Indeed!:
The Nile during the Daytime:
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Riding horses around the Great Pyramids - it was the first time I had ridden horses since I was 6. Frightening, but cool:
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Movies: Movie #1: Khan-el-kalili Market Downtown Movie #2: Prayer time at a downtown Mosque |
Cairo Sunset:
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Camels in the road on the way to the Pyramids:
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The Downtown Mosques:
The Daily Grind at the local markets - this is the "Khan-el-khalili" market:
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Another view of the market - not many smiles:
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Movies: Movie #3: Driving around Downtown Movie #4: Cairo Night Driving on Cairo By-ways |
The view from my office window at the Ministry. The minature city below is actually a Christian cemetary. They use much more elaborate tombs than we do -- hence all of the cool pyramids and such.
Here are two of my collegues:
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The woman on the right side got married, and for the wedding decided to remove her headscarf:
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One of my friends (Victoria at Nathan/USAID), was learning to kite-surf, so we joined her on a trip down to Ras-Sidr, a small beach on the Sianai Penninsula. There is a German-owned windsurfing / kitesurfing outfit there, with lots of European adventurers and pretty cool owners. Here are some pictures:
Kites are out in full force this day:
The chill lounge in the shade, just off the beach at Ras Sidr.:
