As you can see, not everybody dressed in the proper attire…but enough were! Cairo – February 2009

We were having a galabeya-themed party at the Marine House so we went shopping for galabeyas! Cairo – February 2009

Cairo – February 2009

These are photos of the bridge with the lions, Kasr el-Nil. Cairo – February 2009

This is one of the four gigantic lions, two on each side, of the Kasr el-Nil bridge in Cairo. We used to walk across this one a lot and sometimes at night, dozens of people would be hanging out talking to each other on it. Cairo – February 2009

Coptic Cairo – January 2009

Coptic Cairo – January 2009 Wooden things in Coptic Cairo: Mashrebeya window screens. An ancient-looking door. Roof and second floor supports.

Coptic Cairo – January 2009 Just the photographs were enough… Life-size replica of King Tut’s sarcophagus. Stuffed baby camels made with some creature’s real fur. An entire row of life-size guards. A life-size throne with cats holding up your mini throne guards. I don’t even know what this is, but that position looks uncomfortable. Glow-in-the-dark [...]

Cairo – January 2009

Cairo – January 2009

Cairo – December 2008 A lot of the old buildings in Cairo still have elevators like these: open shaft, giant boing-y spring underneath!

Cairo – November 2008 A bunch of tiny scarab beetles for sale.

Cairo – November 2008 “All Good Things Are In Heaven. We Are Upstairs”.