Cairo: 25 May to 1 June 2005
(click on a photo to enlarge)
 |
Thursday 26 May In the square Midan Hussein |
 |
Rooftops of the Khan Al-Khalili |
 |
Typical electricity connection! W |
||
 |
In the tourist shops of the Khan Al-Khalili |
 |
Lunch at Fishawi |
 |
Al-Wikalah | ||
 |
Fishawi |
 |
Shoe shop opposite Fishawi |
 |
 |
Muski | |
 |
In a shop in Muski |
 |
Back at the Midan Hussein |
 |
The Nile near the hotel |
 |
On-street parking |
 |
The new promenade |
 |
The public transport option (strictly walking pace) |
 |
Helmets should be worn... | ||
 |
The taxi developed a flat tyre on the way back
so we stopped at the garage... W |
 |
Caroline, Caroline and Hassan Shaker at the
party on Thursday night. W |
 |
On the "Blue Nile" boat /restaurant. Friday
evening, 27 May W |
 |
About to board the boat for the meal and show.
Saturday evening, 28 May W |
 |
The Saturday night show W |
 |
W |
 |
Evening view from the hotel room |
 |
In the lounge of our hotel suite |
 |
Monday 30 May Hosh al-Basha, in the Southern Cemetery. Wendy and guide at the cenotaph of Mohammed Ali's family.
|
 |
Hosh al-Basha: the headdresses indicate the person's rank |
 |
Hosh al-Basha |
 |
Minaret of the Mausoleum of Sultan Qaitbey, in the Northern Cemetery |
 |
Mausoleum of Sultan Qaitbey - the octagonal roof lantern |
 |
At the entrance - Mohammed and Wendy |
 |
Inside the mosque: Mausoleum of Sultan Qaitbey |
 |
|
 |
Mausoleum of Sultan Qaitbey: view from the minaret | ||
 |
Streets in the Northern Cemetery |
 |
|
 |
"Cairo Kid's Cache" in Wadi Digla |
 |
Returning to Wadi Digla W |
 |
Lunch at the Hyatt Hotel |
 |
In "Nomad"
W |
 |
The Great Pyramid (Cheops V / Khufu) |
 |
Pyramid of Khafre |
 |
|||