CRUISING THE NILE

EGYPT - FEBRUARY 2010


"DEAPARTING LUXOR/THEBES - The ships start moving one after the other and the view of the Luxor Temple accompanies us for a while"


"LEFT BANK, RIGHT BANK, FELUCCA, SHIP & BRIDGE..."


"CONTRASTS - Resort sold in UK, suburbs of Luxor, factory and village"


"PALM TREES"


"GREEN NILE"


"THE DESERT IS SO CLOSE"


"MINARET"


"SHIPS & SHIPS - Overpassing while in the pool..."


"THE BEST - My choice of the best pictures on this section of the cruise"


"À L'ABORDAGE"


"ESNA LOCK SYSTEM"


"BRIDGE LIGHTS"

GOODBYE LUXOR

EGYPT - FEBRUARY 2010


"AMARCO II - The ship that we used to cruise the Nile River, from Luxor to Aswan, has definitely an identity problem: it's known as Amarco II, Antares or the Nile Express... But it was a nice choice!"


"FELUCCAS - The traditional wooden sailing boat with its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails, are usually able to board around ten passengers and are still in active use as a means of transport in cities like Luxor or Aswan"


"THE WINTER PALACE HOTEL - Located south of the Luxor Temple, the five star hotel was built in 1886 on the Nile banks"



"THE WINTER PALACE HOTEL GARDENS - In 1996, the Pavilion, a 4-star annex, was built in the rear of the tropical gardens of the Winter, close to the swimming pool.


"FRONT TERRACE - View towards the Nile River"


"PREPARING FOR SUNSET"


"THE SUN IS SETTING"


"SUNSET WITH PALM TREES & FELUCCAS"


"TWILIGHT"


"LIGHTED FAÇADE"


"WINTER PALACE BY NIGHT - The Palace has 5 restaurants, but only two in the main building: the 1886 (French) and la Corniche Restaurant (international)"

STROLLING IN CAIRO

CAIRO - FEBRUARY 2010


"NILE, GARDENS & RESTAURANTS"


"ROAD TRAFFIC"



"STREETS OF CAIRO"


"EGYPTIAN MUSEUM - A fabulous museum inaugurated in 1902 and with 120,000 items in its collection, including twenty seven royal mummies and the Treasure of Tutankhamon..."


"PAPYRUS"


"CITADEL AND NORTHERN CEMETERY - The Northern Cemetery, a.k.a. the City of the Dead, is a true curiosity. Though it is a cemetery, many living people reside there... It must be related to the idea Egyptians had, dating back to early pharaonic times, that graves are rather places where life begins..."


"AL RIFAI MOSQUE - The Royal Mosque was constructed in two phases over the period between 1869 and 1912, when it was finally completed"



"ISLAMIC CAIRO"


"AL-HUSSEIN MOSQUE"


"KHAN EL KHALILI - The market was built in 1382 by the Emir Djaharks el-Khalili"