Great Sphinx statue with pyramids in hazy desert background, stone blocks foreground.

Egypt

2009 · Egypt

CountriesEgypt

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Photographs (53)

Road traffic and buildings foreground with Giza pyramids rising in hazy desert background

Roadside scene with palm trees and vehicles, Giza pyramids visible through haze

Calm sea view with rocky shore and distant coastal skyline.

Apartment buildings with balconies, laundry, and unfinished brick construction.

Historic city square with statue, palm trees, and colonial buildings.

Historic ornate hotel building with Moorish style balconies and arches.

Urban square with mosque minaret, traffic, and palm trees.

Neoclassical civic building with columns and palm-lined street.

Alexandria seafront promenade with fishermen and coastal road.

Alexandria Corniche road with traffic and horse carriage near seafront.

Modern glass-roofed waterfront building with white spire monument in Alexandria.

Mediterranean shoreline with waves, rocks, seafront road, and dense city skyline.

Historic ornate apartment buildings along wide city street with tram lines and traffic.

Crowded commercial street with shops, pedestrians, cars, and horse carriage along sidewalk and roadway.

Alexandria city square with billboards, red sedan, pedestrians and street lamps.

White semicircular colonnade monument with archway, Egyptian flag, guards on steps, surrounded by city buildings.

Palm lined city road with cars and three ancient pyramids visible in bright dusty distance.

Mosque minarets above rail yard with rusted tank cars, dusty lot, and parked vans in dense city area.

City canal with still water reflections, bridge, apartments, and tree lined embankments.

Donkey pulling wooden cart with child sitting on it in dusty residential street with apartments and small shops.

Angular modern building with geometric facade, palm trees, street pedestrians, and large portrait banner.

Dirt road with brick houses, small street gathering, and train passing close to settlement.

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Journal Notes (3)

Day 1 - Cairo

Actually this trip had been planned differently, but R. jumped in to briefly explore Egypt. The flight to Cairo departed around 0100 from Berlin Tempelhof airport, where we had parked the car somewhere nearby. That was of course quite a stupid time for a flight to get somewhere. …

Day 2 - Alexandria

At some point we decided to make a detour to Alexandria. The only option is the train, which is why we started early on our way to the station. Coming from Gizah we took the bus which brought us directly to the station. In the station there was a ticket counter and somehow we cou …

Day 3 - El Fayoum

We got up again pretty early to see something. Somehow we had the idea to drive to Al Fayum, but I don't know if we decided to do it in the evening or spontaneously after leaving the hotel when we saw the minibuses at one corner. In retrospect it seems to me that we had done this …