Traveling can been quite busy and with slow internet it makes posting pictures difficult. Here are a few more pictures of Egypt; the food, the people, the experiences. Nick talked about our experiences in these places in the previous post so you can look back to see the details. We enjoyed our time there despite the heat and GI distress. We are grateful for pepto bismol and Immodium.
Our donkey taxi that tookus around the village.
The oasis in the desert, the date palm trees end and the Great sand sea (800km) begins. There are 18 sand seas in the world, 4 of them are in northern africa.
The original town of Siwa built in the 13th century out of mud bricks housed hundreds of people.
Buying some Egyptian cookies. Being in a different culture means you have to learn cultural customs for littl things, like cookie shopping
Hotels, modern buildings, and lots of boats along the Nile
Koshary- rice, pasta, spaghetti, lentils with a tomato sauce and fried onions on top. Add some vinegar and hot chili oil to flavor.
Carts with food for sale. Mint, corriander, limes, olives.
Falafel stands selling cheap and greasy food. A falfel snadwich cost 20 cents and was falafel, coleslaw,and hummus in a warm pita! A gauranteed gut bomb.
Pita bread for sale on every street corner. It was laid out in the sun on carts, on cars, on wood planks.
Rabbit, Pigeon, or Duck....what's for dinner??
Two men sitting in the shade, finding relief from the heat of the day. Watermelons for sale.
A spice market on the streets of Cairo
Friday at noon is when muslims go to mosque. This whole room will be filled with men, each one on his own "rug" or the square on the floor, to pray.
A clock in the mosque with the prayer times for the day. Five times a day the prayer call can be heard verywhere in the city. Every day the times are different according to the sun's patterns.
One of Cairo's first mosques, built in 970 AD, it is still a pretigious place to study Islamic theology. The three minarets were built in 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
A view of Cairo from the top of a minaret. This is the "old" part of Cairo and I am very HOT in this picture.
An "egyptian breakfast"...eggs,falafel, hummus, cucumber, feta cheese mixed with tomato, and fuul (a type of refried beans). oh! and I almost forgot the tea (with LOTS of sugar added).
the light in the picture is not so good, but the coral is really colorful and extremely intricate. We really swam here all day long.
An Eel swimming along the surface
Nick swimming with the fishies at the Blue Hole, a famous scuba spot near Dahab on the Sinai Penninsula. We are in the Red Sea here..
I like your underwater pics, especially the one of the blue eel. Sorry to hear about your gut bombs! The food sure looks good! Thanks for posting all these pics.
Looks like you guys are having a blast! Nick’s Lion Mane really has developed well since we left him in Istanbul! Looking forward to hearing more about your travels when you get home! Have fun!
Amazing pics – brought back so many memories for me. if you want the recipe for Koshiri, I have it and it is awesome (tempted to make it right now). Funny – i never had any GI problems in Egypt – did you drink any tap water or eat lettuce? That will do it for sure.
oh man. koshiri! you are making me hungry!
ya, I’d love the recipe! I can’t believe you didn’t have GI issues esp since we struggled almost every day! Really, you didn’t have any issues? We didn’t do tap water or lettuce but definitely did falafel, fuul, pita, tahini, cheese or milk….
Yeah, I had no issues at all! and I ate street food a lot. However i did cook a lot too and we had a cook at the place we were at who cooked a lot of our meals too. But no GI issues at all! so sorry that you guys suffered