Pyramids and desert travelers on the Giza Plateau.

Egypt — A Fistful of Baksheesh

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Pictures and stories of a trip through Egypt

I flew to İstanbul and bought a cheap air ticket on to Cairo from there. I traveled around Egypt for about three weeks: Cairo and the vicinity, Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, Aswan and Abu Simbel, and then the Sinai peninsula where I climbed Mount Sinai and hung out in Dahab for a while. I then returned to İstanbul overland via Jordan and Syria. These pages have pictures of the Egyptian part of the trip.

U.S. government map of Egypt.
Mount Sinai.

Mount Sinai as seen from a nearby village.

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Sphinx and pyramids on the Giza plateau.

The Sphinx and the Pyramids on the Giza Plateau just outside Cairo.