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	The Mena House, our hotel just next to the pyramides in Cairo. Breakfast with view to the pyramids!
	The pyramides of Giza.
	The pyramides of Giza from left: The great pyramid of Menkaure, the great pryramid of Khafre and the great pyramid of Khufu
	The sphynx with the pyramides in the back
	There are a total of 138 pyramids in Egypt, many not much smaller than the ones of Giza. Here we see the Snofur's red pyramid in which we could actually enter.
	View past Snofur's pyramid to the bent pyramid of Snofur
	No people except for our driver, as seen from the entrance of the red prymid. The entrance was high up but the narrow path actually went far down, below the ground level
	The bent pyramid of Snofur which retains much of its outer lining.
	The step pyramid of Djoser
	The Suez canal in the city of Suez
	Large container ships appearing to cruse through the desert (as seen from the Sinai peninsula)
	The mortary temple of Hathsepsut on the West Bank of the Nile river in Luxor
	Original painting in the Hathsepsut temple. There are original painings in many temples and of course also in the graves of the Valley of the Kings (no photos were allowed there)
	Karnak temple on the East Bank
	Giant pillars in the Karnak temple
	Obelisks at the Karnak temple
	The sacred lake at Karnak temple
	Luxor temple on the East Bank but today down-town Luxor
	Remainders of the former road conntecting the temples of Karnak and Luxor
	Our captain for the Nile sailing cruise
	What a nice evening, unfortunately without wind...
	The main mosque in Cairo
	Interior of the mosque
	View from the mosque over the mega-city
	One of the traditional bazars
	The Egyptian museum, a world class attraction
	The harbour of Alexandria