Wednesday, March 11, 2009

SALAAM ALEKUM CAIRO!


The Mosque of Cairo under restoration

The Tomb of an Egyptian Leader

The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Khufu

A Camel

A Camel and the Great Pyramid of Khufu

Egyptian Jewelry

The Border of the Sahara Desert

The Hookahs

Cairo never sleeps. It is lively 24/7/365. Cairo has so much to offer that I honestly cannot put words to describe it. I thought a Photo essay would do much more justice. Some of the things that Cairo differs from the United States is that:

  1. Hookah is basically the equivalent of a business dinner.
  2. In the heart of Cairo lies Giza, the Ancient Pyramids. The surrounding is the modern city.
  3. Camels are still used as a method of transportation.
  4. All leaders are buried properly in mosques that are either dedicated to them or ones that they visited frequently.
  5. Half of Egypt, the archeological things anyway, is under restoration.
  6. Upon request by a reader, Egypt's economy is based on tourism.

RANDOM FACT: If the Aswan Dam in Southern Egypt is broken, all of Egypt will be underwater in 72 hours!

Enjoy the photos!

Salam!
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9 comments:

  1. Ayesha MalikMarch 11, 2009 at 8:50 PM

    As-Salaamu Al'Aikkum :)

    Actually, I want to go here, too (for my honeymoon.) I can't really decide. But these are AMAZING photos!!!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 11, 2009 at 9:10 PM

    Okay, the one of the camel sitting down is so amazing!

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  3. richaMarch 11, 2009 at 9:42 PM

    I hate you! I want to go to all these places, especially Greece, like Santorini, but Cairo would be wizard. Did you take all these photos?

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  4. Akshay AggarwalMarch 11, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    Wow there are a lot of hookas in the last picture...nice photos. Like all of the previous comments, I wish I could travel that much. The Mosque of Cairo looks pretty awesome.

    Btw...the grapes with the jewelry...LOLz.

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  5. DanielaMarch 11, 2009 at 10:36 PM

    Beautiful pictures of the camel and the jewelry, especially! Hookah business dinners make me laugh.

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  6. UnknownMarch 12, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    im pretty sure i went on the camel ride with that same camel thats sitting down there..

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  7. UnknownMarch 12, 2009 at 5:35 PM

    by the way, this is very interesting, by the way. good pictures, by the way

    :)

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  8. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 7:11 PM

    i remember sitting on your playroom floor couple weeks ago, and you showed me these beautiful picture :) i love them! and i never knew that random fact

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  9. NaliniMarch 12, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    love the jewelry photo!!

    IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO EGYPT

    im jealous

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