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Cairo
Cairo.

Our final day in Egypt was spent checking out some parts of the old city in Cairo. Once again, Max was our excellent tour guide. We saw the Coptic Christian part of the old city and wandered among the endless collection of ancient mosques as well as the souk. The highlight was a climb up to the top of a minaret in one of the old mosques. We had a slight worry in the back of our minds that Air France would ask for another Covid test prior to boarding our flight home that evening (yeah, we had called Delta/AF earlier and they were mostly leaning towards “not needed”). Anyway, Max told us he knew a guy where quick tests could be arranged should we get denied boarding later that night. Fortunately things went smoothly at check-in later that evening and we were some 25 hours later.

Photos

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Coptic cemetery walls (Dec. 2020).
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Starting out with Coptic Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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St. George’s Church (Dec. 2020).
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The Hanging Church.  Named so since it was built atop a Roman fortress (Dec. 2020).
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Hanging Church (Dec. 2020).
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Hanging Church (Dec. 2020).
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Hanging Church (Dec. 2020).
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Hanging Church (Dec. 2020).
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Hanging Church (Dec. 2020).
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Hanging Church (Dec. 2020).
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St. George’s Church again (Dec. 2020).
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Narrow alleyways of Coptic Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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Dominated by book sellers (Dec. 2020).
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Death On The Nile (Dec. 2020)?
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Pretty charming (Dec. 2020).
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St Sergius and St Bacchus Church built over a crypt where Jesus and family spent some time hiding out (Dec. 2020).
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St Sergius and St Bacchus Church (Dec. 2020).
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The crypt beneath the church (Dec. 2020).
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St Sergius and St Bacchus Church (Dec. 2020).
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More (Dec. 2020).
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Moving on to Islamic Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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We drove through a Friday market. Very lively and colorful. Click photo for a video (Dec. 2020).
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More market scenes (Dec. 2020).
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The Egyptian Museum (Dec. 2020).
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The Egyptian Museum (Dec. 2020).
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The Egyptian Museum (Dec. 2020).
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The Egyptian Museum (Dec. 2020).
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A more than 3000 year old idea of beauty that has endured quite well (Dec. 2020).
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A lotus flower in a pond by The Museum (Dec. 2020).
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The Egyptian Museum on the edge of Tahrir Square (Dec. 2020).
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Cairo randomness (Dec. 2020).
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Islamic Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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A closer look at the minaret (Dec. 2020).
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Khan el-Khalili or the Old Souq in Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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Khan el-Khalili (Dec. 2020).
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At the Khan el-Khalili (Dec. 2020).
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Khan el-Khalili sights (Dec. 2020).
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Moving towards the more modern part of the outdoor bazaar (Dec. 2020).
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Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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Outside of Khan el-Khalili (Dec. 2020).
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Islamic Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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Another attractive mosque (Dec. 2020).
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Another minaret caught our attention. Then we noticed some tourists up there and asked Max if we too could go up (Dec. 2020).
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Waiting for Max to arrange entry for us (Dec. 2020).
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Finally we were in. Shirley and Max ascending a very rickety spiral staircase inside the minaret (Dec. 2020).
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Views from the minaret (Dec. 2020).
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Views from the minaret (Dec. 2020).
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More views from the minaret (Dec. 2020).
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Shirley on the minaret’s catwalk – stay next to the wall (Dec. 2020).
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Minaret views (Dec. 2020).
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Shirley in the minaret (Dec. 2020).
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It was probably the highlight of the day (Dec. 2020).
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Almost back on the ground (Dec. 2020).
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Some kind of an old water filtration structure (Dec. 2020).
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With an ornate ceiling (Dec. 2020).
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Same place (Dec. 2020).
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Back entrance to a shop (Dec. 2020).
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A denizen of Old Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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Shopping for stuff we never knew we needed (Dec. 2020).
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More minarets (Dec. 2020).
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Cairo randomness (Dec. 2020).
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Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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Quite beautiful (Dec. 2020).
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A mosque – tricky to photograph as the streets are so narrow (Dec. 2020).
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Cairo randomness (Dec. 2020).
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Cairo. Note the window structures – designed with modesty in mind for the ladies inside (Dec. 2020).
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A hookah shop (Dec. 2020).
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Shirley and some brass (Dec. 2020).
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Cats pretty much rule Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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Street scenes (Dec. 2020).
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A minaret and a hookah shop (Dec. 2020).
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Cairo (Dec. 2020).
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A close-up (Dec. 2020).
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Exiting the Old City via a gate in the city wall (Dec. 2020).

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