Mike says Hi from Egypt

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:24 pm

Symbolic boat tocarry soul to afterlife ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:27 pm

Mummy cases remind me of MRIs ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:29 pm

All entombed with fashionable accessories ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:31 pm

Simple guide to heiroglyphics:

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:34 pm

Inside a papyrus store:

Split, soak, spread, press, dry; Repeat for 4,000 years ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:35 pm

If you seek something really traditional:

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:03 am

Alexandria is proud of the fact that it's Alexandria ...

Overhead signs proclaiming this in multiple places and languages ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:05 am

Twilight at the soukh ...

Desert people enjoy the cooler nights ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:07 am

Where street foods (and associated ailments) come from ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:10 am

Approaching the Pyramids ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:15 am

Still enroute to the Pyramids, ambivalent about absorbing local culture(s) ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:18 am

More street scenes in Giza:

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:20 am

And the try hard to exploit western infidels ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:23 am

"Perfume Shop" guide insisted we go to cost ~$200 for stuff opened, spilled into luggage by customs ...

rainman1z · Subject: Re: Mike says Hi from Egypt Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:33 am

They don't have "Shops"; They have "Museums",with stuff to sell ...