Egypt Gallery

The photos and audio clips in this gallery were taken by the BikeAbout riders during their visit to Egypt. Maps were provided by DeLorme Mapping from their Global Explorer^TM software.

	Northern Egypt	GIF, 16KB	DeLorme Mapping
11/17/97	"Unnamed" Mars Bar Thief	JPG, 45KB	Casio QV-300
11/17/97	Padraic "White Fang" Kennedy	JPG, 36KB	Casio QV-300
11/17/97	Corinne, Padraic, and Ethan at inTouch Headquarters, Cairo	JPG, 50KB	Casio QV-300
11/17/97	Cairo: Fishing Boat on the Nile	JPG, 37KB	Casio QV-300
11/17/97	Pollution in Cairo	JPG, 28KB	Casio QV-300
11/17/97	Old and New Mix in Cairo	JPG, 48KB	Casio QV-300
11/17/97	Kushari closeup (Food of the Day)	JPG, 21KB	Casio QV-300
11/17/97	Kushari (Food of the Day)	JPG, 20KB	Casio QV-300
11/17/97	Our Friends at inTouch Communications	JPG, 36KB	Nogatech
11/17/97	Tarek and Ahmed (People of the Day)	JPG, 33KB	Nogatech
11/17/97	Tarek and Ahmed (People of the Day)	JPG, 21KB	Nogatech
11/17/97	inTouch (Our Access Provider in Egypt)	JPG, 17KB	Nogatech
11/17/97	Anthony Sending Dispatches	JPG, 40KB	Nogatech
11/17/97	Cairo (El Qahira) & Giza to Saqqarah & Dahshur	GIF, 43KB	DeLorme Mapping
11/19/97	Cairo Street Noise	WAV, 83KB
11/19/97	Bikam?: How much? [Egyptian] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 8KB
11/19/97	Angles in Arabic Numbers	GIF, 11KB
11/19/97	Hotel Fawaka (Food of the Day)	JPG, 23KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Armed Guard, Cairo	JPG, 37KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Street in Cairo	JPG, 55KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Figurine, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 32KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Fruit Drink Makers, Cairo	JPG, 48KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Ethan and Padraic Dodge Traffic in Cairo	JPG, 45KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Cairo Taxi	JPG, 42KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Sign: Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Place of the Day)	JPG, 36KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Anthony in Egyptian Museum Garden	JPG, 34KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	andrEa in Egyptian Museum Garden	JPG, 42KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Animal Statue from King Tut's Tomb, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 29KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Animal Statues Supporting Bed from King Tut's Tomb, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 29KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Boat, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 36KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Figurine, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 27KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Animal Statues Supporting Bed from King Tut's Tomb, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 29KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Inside the Egyptian Museum, Cairo	JPG, 34KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Statue, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Anthony by Clay Tablet with Hieroglyphics, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 38KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Ethan in Egyptian Museum Garden	JPG, 32KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Statue, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 43KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	King Tutankhaten (Tutankhamun)'s Gold Mask, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 32KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	King Tutankhaten (Tutankhamun)'s Gold Mask, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 36KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Jewelry from King Tut's Tomb, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 44KB	Casio QV-300
11/19/97	Jewelry from King Tut's Tomb, Egyptian Museum	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/20/97	Broken Spokes	JPG, 25KB
11/20/97	Keith Haring Mural	JPG, 10KB
11/20/97	Corinne Shooting Videos	JPG, 9KB
11/20/97	Lone BikeAbout Rider	JPG, 19KB	Casio QV-300
11/20/97	Minarets	JPG, 10KB	Casio QV-300
11/20/97	andrEa Sleeping	JPG, 7KB	Casio QV-300
11/20/97	Corinne	JPG, 13KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Anthony Watches Ethan Get a Haircut	JPG, 23KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Ethan Gets a Haircut	JPG, 14KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Corinne and Ethan During Brainstorming Session	JPG, 16KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Sights	JPG, 26KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Rider VERY Closeup	JPG, 11KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	andrEa Taking Photos	JPG, 24KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	andrEa Taking Photos	JPG, 15KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Insect	JPG, 20KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Insect	JPG, 22KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Anthony Reading Newspaper	JPG, 9KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Big Toad?	JPG, 26KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Medium-sized Toad?	JPG, 22KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Tiny Toad!	JPG, 21KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Some of BikeAbout's New Friends	JPG, 13KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	BikeAbout Site Visit	JPG, 23KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Riders with some of BikeAbout's New Friends	JPG, 25KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Padraic	JPG, 12KB	Nogatech
11/20/97	Sunset on the Mediterranean	JPG, 12KB	Nogatech
11/21/97	Approaching the Pyramids at Giza	JPG, 17KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Nearing the Pyramids at Giza	JPG, 53KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Anthony by Huge Limestone Block, Giza	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Limestone Casing at Peak of Great Pyramid of Khafre	JPG, 16KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Donkey and Pony Riders at Giza Pyramids	JPG, 22KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Children Playing by the Great Pyramids, Giza	JPG, 51KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Great Pyramid of Khufu (largest), Giza (Place of the Day)	JPG, 26KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Camel Rider in front of Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza	JPG, 30KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Closeup of Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza	JPG, 33KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Ethan at Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza	JPG, 12KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	BikeAbout Riders with Visitors to Giza	JPG, 33KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Sphinx at Giza	JPG, 20KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	The Sphinx (Monster of the Day)	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Closeup of Sphinx at Giza	JPG, 15KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Sphinx at Giza	JPG, 39KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Sphinx at Giza	JPG, 22KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Sunset at Giza Pyramid	JPG, 14KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Sunset Behind Great Pyramid of Menkure (smallest), Giza	JPG, 22KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Limestone Chunks from Khafre's Pyramid (second largest), Giza	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	andrEa Riding Columbus (camel)	JPG, 21KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Schoolchildren at Giza	JPG, 41KB	Casio QV-300
11/21/97	Anthony and Padraic at Giza	JPG, 12KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Oil Lamps at Ar-Rafa'i Mosque, Cairo	JPG, 36KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo	JPG, 29KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo	JPG, 39KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo	JPG, 35KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	North View of Islamic Cairo from Minaret of Ibn Tulun Mosque	JPG, 63KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Padraic on wall of Citadel, View of Cairo	JPG, 68KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	View of Islamic Cairo from Minaret of Ibn Tulun Mosque	JPG, 57KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Ar-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo	JPG, 49KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Ar-Rifa'i and Sultan Hassan Mosques, from the Citadel, Cairo	JPG, 58KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	View from Citadel to Giza, Pyramids in Distance	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Men in Islamic Cairo	JPG, 49KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Sultan Hassan and Ar-Rafa'i Mosques, Cairo	JPG, 62KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Minaret of Ar-Rifa'i Mosque, Cairo	JPG, 51KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Egyptian Pancake restaurant	JPG, 21KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	Minarets of the Mohammed Ali Mosque, Cairo	JPG, 11KB	Casio QV-300
11/22/97	ana faeha (fem.): I understand. [Egyptian] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 8KB
11/22/97	ana faehem (masc.): I understand. [Egyptian] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 9KB
	Call to Morning Prayer (Extended Version)	WAV, 1.6MB
	Call to Morning Prayer (Extended Version)	WAV, 2MB
	Call to Morning Prayer (Short Version)	WAV, 542KB
11/23/97	Babganooj (Food of the Day)	JPG, 34KB	Casio QV-300
11/23/97	Babganooj	JPG, 14KB	Casio QV-300
11/23/97	Flat Bread	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/23/97	Flat Bread	JPG, 15KB	Casio QV-300
11/23/97	Living Cemetery, Old Cairo (Place of the Day)	JPG, 45KB	Casio QV-300
11/23/97	Living Cemetery, Old Cairo	JPG, 15KB	Casio QV-300
11/23/97	Living Cemetery, Old Cairo	JPG, 45KB	Casio QV-300
11/23/97	Ben Ezra Synagogue	JPG, 32KB	Nogatech
11/23/97	Ben Ezra Synagogue	JPG, 35KB	Casio QV-300
11/23/97	Ea Locked Out of Hotel Room	JPG, 9KB	Nogatech
11/23/97	Ea Locked Out of Hotel Room	JPG, 13KB	Nogatech
11/23/97	Ea Locked Out of Hotel Room	JPG, 10KB	Nogatech
11/23/97	Ea Locked Out of Hotel Room	JPG, 9KB	Nogatech
11/23/97	Ea Locked Out of Hotel Room	JPG, 10KB	Nogatech
11/23/97	Church of St. George - the Martyr	JPG, 39KB	Casio QV-300
11/23/97	lazeez: delicious [Arabic] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 12KB
11/25/97	Camel Dolls	JPG, 48KB
11/25/97	Dolma (Food of the Day)	JPG, 10KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Randa (Person of the Day)	JPG, 21KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Randa	JPG, 17KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Bicycle, Heliopolis	JPG, 23KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Randa	JPG, 11KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Carriage, Heliopolis	JPG, 20KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Tram, Heliopolis	JPG, 18KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	BikeAbout and Friends	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	BikeAbout and Friends	JPG, 33KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Hieroglyphics	JPG, 12KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Our Compaq Laptop	JPG, 20KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Student Viewing BikeAbout Pictures	JPG, 19KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Student at Youssef El S. Experimental Language School	JPG, 17KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Hanging Lanterns	JPG, 35KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Minarets, Cairo	JPG, 21KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Cairo	JPG, 23KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Cairo Highways	JPG, 23KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Ms Nahel, Teacher at Ex-English School	JPG, 26KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Sphinx and Pyramid	JPG, 13KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Pyramids	JPG, 6KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Globe School Network Poster	JPG, 19KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Students at Youssef El S. Experimental Language School	JPG, 25KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Street-side Shop	JPG, 43KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Sign at the Pyramids	JPG, 22KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Padraic at Pyramids	JPG, 27KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	At Youssef El S. Experimental Language School	JPG, 24KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Taxi, Cairo	JPG, 19KB	Casio QV-300
11/25/97	Students at Youssef El S. Experimental Language School	JPG, 19KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Youssef El S. Experimental Language School Staff Members	JPG, 21KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	Youssef El S. Experimental Language School Teachers and Students	JPG, 21KB	Nogatech
11/25/97	????: Happy New Year [Egyptian Arabic] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 12KB
11/26/97	Limestone Shell on Pyramid	JPG, 23KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Zoser's Step Pyramid, Saqqara (Place of the Day)	JPG, 53KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Zoser's Step Pyramid, Saqqara	JPG, 54KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Zoser's Step Pyramid, Saqqara	JPG, 36KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Outer Wall of a Pyramid	JPG, 46KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	"Bent" and "Red" Pyramids of Dahshur, from Saqqara	JPG, 20KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	View of Giza from Saqqara	JPG, 23KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Carvings at the Mastaba of Ti, Saqqara	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Carvings at the Mastaba of Ti, Saqqara	JPG, 29KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Statue of Zoser Through Peephole, Saqqara	JPG, 13KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Mortuary Temples, Saqqara	JPG, 24KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Mortuary Temples, Saqqara	JPG, 28KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Columns Leading to Zoser's Pyramid, Saqqara	JPG, 29KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	In the "Pyramid Field"	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	In the "Pyramid Field"	JPG, 18KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Sign Welcomes You to Saqqara	JPG, 47KB	Casio QV-300
11/26/97	Izzayak: How are you? [Arabic] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 10KB
11/28/97	Anthony Views Mechanical Water Pump, Nile River Delta	JPG, 34KB	Casio QV-300
11/28/97	Two-lane Road to Alexandria	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
11/28/97	Nile Delta (Place of the Day)	JPG, 20KB	Casio QV-300
11/28/97	Fertile Nile River Basin	JPG, 14KB	Casio QV-300
11/28/97	Cairo Skyline & Nile River, Early Morning	JPG, 17KB	Casio QV-300
11/28/97	Lush Greenery of the Nile Delta	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/28/97	Riders on the Road to Alexandria	JPG, 26KB	Casio QV-300
11/28/97	Merhab: Welcome [Egyptian] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 6KB
11/28/97	Alexandria (El Iskandariya) and Environs	GIF, 48KB	DeLorme Mapping
11/29/97	Corinne and Ea Eating Street Potatoes (Yams)	JPG, 64KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Tiny elevator at the hotel	JPG, 19KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Corinthian Column, Greco-Roman Museum	JPG, 26KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Building Pieces, Greco-Roman Museum	JPG, 26KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Modern and Ancient Mix in Alexandria	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Statue of Aphrodite, Greco-Roman Museum	JPG, 19KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Miniature Fertility Beetle Statues, Greco-Roman Museum	JPG, 21KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Statue of Julius Caesar , Greco-Roman Museum	JPG, 16KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Wall Mural from Hellenistic Period, Greco-Roman Museum	JPG, 35KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Roman Amphitheater at Kom el Dikka	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Children's Toys from Hellenistic Period, Greco-Roman Museum	JPG, 17KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Ethan and Padraic at Roman Amphitheater, Kom el Dikka	JPG, 61KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Corinne Rests at Roman Amphitheater, Kom el Dikka	JPG, 87KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Bés, the Roman God of Fun	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	About Bés, the Roman God of Fun	JPG, 37KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Roman Bathtubs, Amphitheater at Kom el Dikka	JPG, 26KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria (closeup)	JPG, 61KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria	JPG, 38KB	Casio QV-300
11/29/97	Ethan Imitates a Sphinx	JPG, 45KB	Casio QV-300
11/30/97	View of Mediterranean and Alexandria from Fort Qait Bey	JPG, 14KB	Casio QV-300
11/30/97	Fort Qait Bey, Alexandria	JPG, 21KB	Casio QV-300
11/30/97	Rider on Walls of Fort Qait Bey	JPG, 36KB	Casio QV-300
11/30/97	Fort Qait Bey, Alexandria	JPG, 17KB	Casio QV-300
11/30/97	Fisherman Outside Fort Qait Bey	JPG, 20KB	Casio QV-300
11/30/97	Iowa: "Yeah" or "Okay" [Arabic] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 13KB
12/02/97	The Train to Tanta	JPG, 20KB	Casio QV-300
12/02/97	On the Road to Zagazig	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
12/02/97	Thinning Shade Trees	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
12/02/97	Along a Delta Canal	JPG, 21KB	Casio QV-300
12/02/97	The Egyptian People (Persons of the Day)	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
12/02/97	Nile River	JPG, 21KB	Casio QV-300
12/02/97	Suez Canal and Sinai Peninsula	GIF, 50KB	DeLorme Mapping
12/04/97	Suez Canal (Place of the Day)	JPG, 20KB	Casio QV-300
12/04/97	Suez Canal	JPG, 21KB	Casio QV-300
12/04/97	Preparing for the Ride to Qantara	JPG, 43KB	Casio QV-300
12/04/97	Pastries...	JPG, 17KB	Casio QV-300
12/04/97	More Pastries...	JPG, 33KB	Casio QV-300
12/04/97	And More Pastries	JPG, 33KB	Casio QV-300
12/04/97	Qannaat El-sowees: "Suez Canal" [Egyptian Arabic] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 13KB
12/06/97	Behaba: "love" [Arabic] (Word of the Day)	WAV, 6KB
12/06/97	Visions of BikeAbout's Trip Across the Sinai	JPG, 63KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Mohammed Gamal, Inspector General for the Ministry of Education (Person of the Day)	JPG, 74KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Long Stretch of Road Faces Riders Crossing the Sinai Peninsula	JPG, 32KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Visions of BikeAbout's Trip Across the Sinai	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Barren Stretch of Road in the Sinai	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Barren Stretch of Road in the Sinai	JPG, 25KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Sun Beats Down on BikeAbout	JPG, 34KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Sun Beats Down on BikeAbout	JPG, 29KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Anthony Stretches During Sinai Rest Stop	JPG, 35KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	BikeAbout Riders on a Mediterranean Beach	JPG, 27KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Anthony and Padraic on a Mediterranean Beach	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Ethan and Padraic on a Mediterranean Beach	JPG, 34KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Anthony and Ethan on a Mediterranean Beach	JPG, 35KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Ethan and Anthony on a Mediterranean Beach	JPG, 32KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Padraic on a Mediterranean Beach	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Padraic with the Sony Video Camera	JPG, 29KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Padraic and Anthony Prepare to Take Videos	JPG, 36KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Anthony	JPG, 43KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Sunset on a Mediterranean Beach	JPG, 26KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	BikeAbout Enjoys a Mediterranean Beach	JPG, 29KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Padraic Shows the Casio Digital Camera to Some New friends (Anthony and Corinne in Picture, Too!)	JPG, 33KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Padraic Shows the Casio Digital Camera to Some New friends	JPG, 31KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	On the Sinai Peninsula (Place of the Day)	JPG, 50KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	Corinne Takes a Break in the Sinai	JPG, 48KB	Casio QV-300
12/06/97	andrEa Takes a Break in the Sinai	JPG, 67KB	Casio QV-300


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