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The Great Pyramids--Giza
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The Great Pyramids--Giza
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The Great Sphinx
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Sakkara
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The Step Pyramid--Sakkara
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Mosque in Cairo
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Inside the Mosque
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Coptic church in Cairo
This is near the grotto where Jesus, Joseph and Mary stayed while...
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Philae Temple
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Philae Temple
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Philae Temple
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Heiroglyphs
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Small temple near Philae Temple
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Abu Simbel
These statues are all the same guy, aging from left to right....
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Temple of Isis in Abu Simbel
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The Unfinished Obelisk near Aswan
This obelisk was started but the noticed the crack in the granite once the...
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Feluccas on the Nile
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Elephantine Island
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Greetings from school children
Everywhere we went in Egypt, children were anxious to welcome us and practice...
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Sunset over the Nile
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Kom Ombo Temple
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Edfu Temple
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Inside Edfu
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Another beautiful Nile sunset
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Karnak Temple--obelisk
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Karnak Temple
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Just outside Luxor Temple at night
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Luxor Temple at night
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Luxor Temple at night
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Luxor Temple at night
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Hot air balloons--Valley of the Kings
I took a balloon ride at sunrise over the Valley of the Kings. It was...
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Balloons over farms near Valley/Kings
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Looking down from balloon
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Another view from the balloon
Notice the ruins just below the cliffs, to the right.
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From the balloon
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Packing up the balloon
We came in for a very smooth landing and these guys quickly packed up the...
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The basket from our balloon
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King Tut's tomb--Valley of the Kings
I went into this tomb and saw the mummy of King Tut. It's the...
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The Valley of the Kings
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Dr. Zahi Hawass
While visiting the Valley of the Kings we were fortunate enough to meet the...
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Our group with Dr. Hawass
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Queen Hatshepsut Temple
This was the most impressive and best preserved temple we saw in Egypt. Sadly...
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Statue at Queen Hatschepsut Temple
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Heiroglyphs at Hatschepsut Temple
Heiroglyphs were always colorful but most have faded from the sun....
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Valley of the Queens
There's not as much to see as the Valley of the Kings but still worth a...
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Dahab on the Red Sea
The Saudi Arabian coastline is in the background.
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Sunset over Dahab
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Our accomodations first nite in Jordan
I'm not kidding, we really did spend one night in these Bedouin...
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Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum is a national park in Jordan and I wish we had several days there.
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Wadi Rum
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Wadi Rum
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Wadi Rum
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Wadi Rum
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Ruins near Petra
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Gorge in Petra
When you come into Petra you walk thru this gorge with really high...
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Petra gorge
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Petra gorge, approaching Treasury bldg
At the end of the gorge you will find the Treasury building. Like all...
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Petra Treasury Building
This and all buildings in Petra are NOT painted. All colors you see in...
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Treasury Building Petra
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Another view of the Treasury bldg
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Petra ruins
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Petra ruins, great stone colors
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Petra homes
Like all structures in Petra, these homes were carved into cliffs.
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Petra garage
This former home is now being used as some VIP's garage. Tacky.
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Hike to the Monastary
It took about 2 hours to hike up this mountain to reach the Monestary. But it...
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Ruins along the way to Monestary
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More gorgeous rock colors
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View along the way to Monestary
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Monestary
Finally we made it!! Here's the Monestary.
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Monestary
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Monestary
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Petra ruins
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Natural rock colors
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Petra homes--amazing colors
Once again, NO PAINT HERE!!
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Camels in front of Treasury Building
As I was on my way out of Petra I passed the Treasury Building again and saw...
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Statue in ruins
In this carving you can barely see a man's feet and toga, then...
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Petra gorge--heading out
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Ruins just outside our hotel
These ruins were just behind our hotel, which was near Petra.
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Kerak Castle, Jordan
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Inside Kerak Castle
Look at all the spooky orbs in this phto!! Surely these are not just dust...
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Inside Kerak Castle
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View from Kerak Castle
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Temple on Mt. Nebo
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Moses' view of Promised Land
This is believed to be where Moses stood when he saw the Promised...
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Roman ruins in Jerash, Jordan
This gate is the entrance to the Roman ruins at Jerash.
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Roman ruins in Jerash, Jordan
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Roman ruins in Jerash, Jordan
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Turning water into wine
This is believed to be the cathedral where Jesus turned water into wine.
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Roman ruins in Jerash, Jordan
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Roman ampitheatre in Jerash
I climbed to the top to get this pic.
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The Dead Sea
On my last day in Jordan we spent time at a resort and had a dip in the Dead...
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Sunset over the Dead Sea
This is where my adventure ends. We went back to the hotel where I cleaned up...
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