The Wandering Scot
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Jordan
Egypt 2010
St Katherine's Monastery
Suez
Siwa
Cairo
St Katherine's Monastery
St Katherine's
St Katherine's
St Katherine's
St Katherine's
St Katherine's
St Katherine's
Alleged offspring of Burning Bush
Icon: Christ Pantocrator
Sinai Mountains
Sinai, 8 m. W of Sharm el-Sheikh
Sinai, 35 m. SW of St Kats
Sinai, 41 m SE of Suez
Suez
A "Ship of the Desert"
The canal proper
Suez, to mountains
15 miles NW of Suez
Siwa
Mediterranean, near El Alamein
Sahara, 23 m. SW of Marsa Matruh
Sahara, 63 m. NE of Siwa
Edge of Siwa Oasis
Old Fort
Old Fort + Donket Carts
Ruined town
Holding Temple od the Oracle
Temple of the Oracle
6th c. BC, as visited by Alex. the Great
Temple of the Oracle
Palms, from hilltop
(Reasonably authentic colours.)
Lake Siwa, from hilltop
Temple of Umm Ubayda
Sadly, only ruins, and restored wall.
Modern irrigation
The Great Guiding Lamp Posts
(Modern) Pool of Cleopatra
Siwa Street
Sleepy Siwa
Modern Mosque
Scotsman in the Great Sand Sea
Looking back to Siwa
Great Sand Sea
Great Sand Sea
"Cold Spring" Oasis
"Cold Spring" Oasis
Scotsman at Hot Spring
Hot Spring Oasis
Great Sand Sea
Pit Stop 86 m NE of Siwa
Desert Bus Service
Mediterranean
(Authentic bright colors.)
Cairo
Cairo Tower
Nile
Great Pyramid
Note tourists exiting
Great Pyramid: Tourist entrance
It's cramped.
Inner cleft
Entering Tomb Chamber
Tomb Chamber
Great Pyramid
It's Big
Pyramid of Khafre
Pyramid of Khafre
Sphinx
Sphinx
(Rebuilt) Temple, near Sphinx
Sphinx + Pyramid
Slightly blurry Tutankhamun mask
Egyptian Museum
Jordan