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Category: Egypt

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Egypt Day 12

Our final day of exploration in Alexandria - we'd had plans to see so much; but me being ill had restricted it greatly.

June 15, 2007

Montezah Palace in Alexandria, Egypt

Egypt Day 11

Although still not feeling great, we took the time to look around the expansive Montezah Palace gardens.

June 14, 2007

The view of the Mediterranean from a balcony in Alexandria

Egypt Day 10

Following a few days of illness, we moved on from Cairo to Alexandria to struggle around what remained.

June 13, 2007

Pyramid of Khafre, Giza

Egypt Day 4

The time had come to finally see the pyramids of the Giza Plateau.

June 7, 2007

Egyptian Museum of Antiquities

Egypt Day 3

A bit wiser about how to navigate the streets of Cairo, we returned once more in order to look around the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.

June 6, 2007

Egypt Day 2

Exploring Cairo meant a lot of lessons to be learnt that neither of us had expected.

June 5, 2007

Egypt Day 1

The start of an adventure in Egypt - we had no idea what would lay ahead of us.

June 4, 2007

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