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Egypt & Shopping – Straight, No Chaser
Filed in General Interest, December 26, 2007, 11:52 am by Priya RajuEgypt & Shopping – Straight, No ChaserHere is my sequel on “Shopping in Egypt”. I’ll scrawl my account on “Women in Egypt” later – The current post will get too long otherwise. And you know how I hate to gas away for more than 2 pages. At any rate, you know now.
Let me begin at [...]
Egypt Via My Tunnel Vision
Filed in Travel, December 3, 2007, 9:25 am by Priya RajuEgypt Via My Tunnel VisionOnce again, I lapsed into a period of silence – a silence, almost Omerta – which would have made La Cosa Nostra proud. I watched my husband frenetically type up our adventures in Egypt well into the night, on the teensy keypad of his blackberry. Really, this man Sukumar now – [...]
Egypt Moblog #10 – Egyptian Museum, Al Azhar Mosque and Khan Al Khaleeli
Filed in Travel, November 26, 2007, 2:11 pm by SukumarEgypt Moblog #10 – Egyptian Museum, Al Azhar Mosque and Khan Al KhaleeliToday morning we reached the famous Egyptian Museum with our guide Ms. Marwah.
The Egyptian Museum has over 120, 000 pharoanic artifacts and has been operational since 1902.
Our first stop was before the Narmer Palette – this palette is from 3200 BC commemorating the [...]
Egypt Moblog #9 – Citadel, Church of St. Sergius, Ben Ezra Synagogue
Filed in Travel, , 12:15 pm by SukumarEgypt Moblog #9 – Citadel, Church of St. Sergius, Ben Ezra SynagogueYesterday afternoon we reached Cairo from Luxor.
We first went to the Citadel – one of the largest fortresses in this part of the world built on a plateau that has a beautiful view of Cairo.
The fortress was built by Saladin, one of the greatest [...]
Egypt Moblog #8 – Temples of Karnak, Luxor Temple and Luxor MUseum
Filed in Travel, , 11:18 am by SukumarEgypt Moblog #8 – Temples of Karnak, Luxor Temple and Luxor MUseumSorry I couldn’t write since I wasn’t feeling too well the past 3 days.
Day before yesterday, we went to the Temples at Karnak. Our guide Ikram has 27 years experience as a tour guide. She was amazing.
Temples of Karnak, one could say, was [...]
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