| | | my guide Salah at the Gebel Dakrur | |
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| | view from Dakrur mountain | |
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| | view of Dakrur mountain (my shadow on the right) | |
| | | ruins of the Temple of Amun | |
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| | from my bike tour with Salah - view of Siwa | |
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| | | ...where Alex the Great consulted with the Oracle | |
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| | Our intrepid traveler in full-on desert gear (hey, it was cold!) | |
| | | Gebel al-Mawta - The Mountain of the Dead | |
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| | tombs dating back to Ptolemaic and Roman times | |
| | | ...used as shelters during WWII when the Italians bombed the oasis | |
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| | Lunch at Shali Lodge with Peter (Holland), Merlin (Kansas) and Edward (Holland) | |
| | | Edward learns how to prepare tea the Egyptian way | |
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| | Ali, our waiter - hanging out for a chat after lunch | |
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| | | the salt lake Birket Siwa, by Fatnis Island | |
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| | | strolling out onto Birket Siwa | |
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| | | Youssouf, my 10-yr-old donket cart driver | |
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| | a retro Coke ad at a hot springs oasis outside Siwa | |
| | | view from the tiny oasis into the Great Sand Sea | |
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| | don't know what the hell this is | |
| | | jeep trip into the Great Sand Sea | |
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| | our driver Ali, and our sturdy vehicle (we did pop a tire...) | |
| | | view to our desert camp...the dunes can reach 150 meters... | |
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| | our desert camp...no tent! "There may be desert fox, but you no worry!" Rig... | |
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| | dinner with Peter, Abdu Ahman and Ali | |
| | | impromptu party in the desert with some Berbers, and a few tourists | |
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| | ...they woke me up, so I might as well go over and dance | |
| | | Berber musicians, gettin' down and gettin' funky | |
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