“Man fears Time, but Time fears the Pyramids”. (ancient Arab proverb)

Ok, after a 5-hour flight (Cairo-Dubai), a 3-hour layover, and a 16 ½ hour flight (Dubai-Los Angeles), we’re back in SoCal. We’ll visit family for two days and then head back home to Hawai’i. In the meantime, I may find some photos or videos that I neglected to post at the time, so I might adding this and that for the next week or so. But the adventure is pretty much complete, thanks for following us around for the last five weeks!

Ok, folks, I’ve posted a ton of stuff just now. So remember, if you want to see every little thing, you’ll need to scroll down each page to the bottom, and hit “older posts”. Probably several times.

Our wonderful Egyptologist and guide, Wenna.

Ok. One of the biggest check marks on the ol’ bucket list.

Now we’re gettin’ to the piece de resistance. Our lunch table gives us a hint of where we’re headed. So does the shape of our rice.

The “step pyramid” of Ramses establishes the early prototype for what would come later (only 100 years) in Giza. The scaffolding is for restoration work.

Now at the (even more) ancient city of Saqqara, site of Ramses II works.

Really exquisite design.

A few seconds after this pic, a guy reached out the window from inside the red van driving in the opposite direction and swiped some of the beans the boys are wheeling down the street. They weren’t pleased.

Wandering around the souk. Stop and have a mint tea, and watch the men smoke their water pipes.

More Cairo Museum.

Out & about in Cairo.

The best view from a hotel room we’ve ever had. Can’t figure out those triangular bumps off in the distance at the end, though. 😜

Also known as, “Cantata for 3.7 Million Horns and Death Wish”

Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. Overwhelming.

One of the absolute highlights. When the Aswan dam was built in the 1960’s, the entire Abu Simbel temple had to be cut into 46,000 pieces, moved 60 meters higher and 200 meters away on higher ground, and reassembled. We had a particularly good, knowledgeable guide for this one.

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The “unfinished obelisk.” Commissioned by Queen Hatshepsut (c. 1,500 BC), it would have been the tallest obelisk in the world, but cracks appeared while it was still being carved out of granite, so the project was abandoned. It’s still connected to the granite bedrock on the bottom side.

Lone fisherman on the Nile.