We arrived in Luxor this morning by plane and here for today and tomorrow, then head down to Aswan on the Nile by boat, then off to Abu Simbel. If we have internet will update but we will see. Luxor Temple, Valley of the Kings, Karnak etc etc is the next day or so. We are pretty excited!

more of the Sahara camping with the Bedouin...

Our campsite under the stars in the Western Desert.









































Sunrise in the Western Desert (part of the Sahara)












Sunrise in the Western Desert (part of the Sahara)





Mohammad making Bedouin tea

Need to hurry up and post before the internet runs out..

Camping in the Sahara--in the Western Desert (part of the Sahara)






















Anna in the White Desert (another part of the Sahara)













This is not a mirage...it is the real thing...





Agabat--(part of the Sahara)

The Sahara changes every 20-40 Km...quite drastically!

Our Bedouin guides enjoying a pack of cigarettes a minute (conservative estimate of the smoking rate)



















Saeed making lunch and the desert in Agabat (part of the Sahara)












The Black Desert and our car down below...






Our lodgings in the main camp...very comfortable! It was fun!

Osama--the Bedouin cook at camp

Osama the chef.



















A Cairo view...not sure how these didn't fall off, but they didn't even over potholes!!





Traffic in Cairo with the pyramids in the background. Not bad views really. A titch of pollution present though.










The fruit here is amazing!



Anna and a street scene. Seems less crowded that it really is.

Our first Nile sunset as seen from our balcony.

In Cairo now

Landed in Cairo in a dust storm (sand storm without the sand -- just the dust). Very cool!

Amman Airport

We were going to put some drivel about our flight and getting here, but then realized that nobody would be interested in reading that. So we're only going to post stuff here when there's something interesting... still getting the hang of this blog business... and not fully convinced yet...

Jan 19

First to NYC.