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Category: Egypt

Personal stories, travel guides and tips, photographs, and resources to help you get the most from your travels as you explore Egypt, from Alexandria and Cairo to Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel, and even the Sinai Peninsula.

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Egypt is awesome 2007 itinerary

Posted onFebruary 20, 2007September 2, 2023Leave a comment

Egypt really is awesome. That became clear almost immediately on my 2007 tour that included Cairo and outlying monasteries, Luxor, the Red Sea resorts, and Mount Sinai. Two weeks in Egypt A month wouldn’t be Read More …

CategoriesAfrica and the Middle East, EgyptTagsitinerary

Cairo’s Christian garbage collectors of Mokattam Mountain

Posted onFebruary 19, 2007December 10, 2020Leave a comment

Romani has been cagey about what he has planned for us today, saying only that he is taking us to the “other side of the world.” We leave downtown Cairo, our mini-bus working its way Read More …

CategoriesAfrica and the Middle East, Egypt

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The Monastery of St. Bishoy, Wadi Naturn, Egypt

Posted onFebruary 18, 2007February 23, 2021Leave a comment

The Monastery of St. Bishoy (or Bishoi) is literally next door to the Monastery of the Syrians, we could walk there, but we don’t. The two monasteries have more than location in common, as they Read More …

CategoriesAfrica and the Middle East, Egypt

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The Monastery of the Syrians, Wadi Natrun, Egypt

Posted onFebruary 18, 2007December 10, 2020Leave a comment

The Monastery of the Holy Virgin Mary is also known as the Monastery of the Syrians because it was used by Syrian monks beginning in the 8th century. The monastery’s founding actually goes back to Read More …

CategoriesAfrica and the Middle East, Egypt

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The Monastery of St. Macarius (Abu Maker)

Posted onFebruary 18, 2007December 10, 20201 Comment

Wadi Naturn is a depression in the desert that lies below sea level, so there is water is at or close to the surface in many places. Although never settled by them, this area was Read More …

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Into Egypt’s Western Desert

Posted onFebruary 18, 2007April 30, 2024Leave a comment

We start the day driving through Cairo. . . Today’s itinerary will take us to Wadi Natrun, which is located at the near edge of the Western Desert. However, before we reach the desert, we Read More …

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El-Azhar Mosque and Khan Khalili Market, Cairo

Posted onFebruary 17, 2007April 30, 2024Leave a comment

This post probably should be titled “the sacred and the profane.” Friday is a day off in Egypt, so the streets are crowded with shoppers. We too are going to a market – the Khan Read More …

CategoriesAfrica and the Middle East, EgyptTagsUNESCO World Heritage

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Religious architecture galore in Cairo

Posted onFebruary 17, 2007April 30, 2024Leave a comment

To explore this area further, we turn back past the Coptic Museum toward the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George. Built in 1909 after the original church burned, the church towers above the remaining bits Read More …

CategoriesAfrica and the Middle East, EgyptTagsUNESCO World Heritage

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The Hanging Church (El-Muallaqa), Coptic Cairo

Posted onFebruary 17, 2007April 30, 2024

It is only a very short walk from the Coptic museum through this old Christian area to the Hanging Church. I think it should feel familiar, but it is as foreign and exotic as the Read More …

CategoriesAfrica and the Middle East, Egypt

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The Coptic Museum

Posted onFebruary 17, 2007December 10, 2020Leave a comment

We pass vibrant markets and quiet back streets as we enter the heart of Coptic Cairo. Our first stop here is the recently reopened Coptic museum, which sits in an open courtyard behind the huge Read More …

CategoriesAfrica and the Middle East, EgyptTagsmuseums

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