04:2008 :: Egypt —

Two weeks in Egypt with 5,000 year old relics of a pharoic past and the surroundings of modern-day life was the adventure of a lifetime. As more days pass since returning to the states, my appreciation for each of my experiences becomes greater.

For me, the greatest pleasure was simply sitting on the top of the cruise ship capturing photographs of life on the Nile river. That's not to say I wasn't impressed with the massive scale of the pyramids, the market experience of the Khan or the beauty of Petra, but I guess life on the Nile was the one thing I haven't see or read about in a book - it was totally unexpected.

Below is a collection of way too many snapshots - a small percentage of the 1800+ images I personally took on the trip, but I found it difficult to tell the story of Egypt without mimicing the same complete saturation of life in which we experienced.

I hope one image speaks to you...

Cairo :: The Citidel, Khan el-Khalili and Mohamed Hassan's Alabaster Shop

The Pyramids of Giza and Saqqara

Coptic Cairo and the Egyptian Museum

Taba, Egypt :: Crossing the Sinai, Marriott Taba Heights and quad biking

Petra, Jordon

Nile Cruise :: Ancient Temples and Modern-Day Life on the Nile River