Last Days in Cairo

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As much as we were ready for another adventure, we were sad to leave Egypt. Egypt will always be a special place for us - our first 3 years of marriage, our first "real" overseas positions, our first taste of living in a completely unique environment. We wouldn't trade our time in Egypt for anything! We had one last hoorah in Cairo, where we spent our third (yes, third!) wedding anniversary, before before coming back to Maryland for the rest of the summer.

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Photos

Four Seasons view
Our view from our beautiful room at the Four Seasons hotel. I don't know if we'll be able to stay in a Four Seasons again any time soon!

Khan el Khalili
One last visit to the colorful and crazy bazaar!

The Khan
Tourists enjoy shopping and sheesha along the alleys that snake through the Khan.

Hanging with the homies
The museum at Saqqara

Beautiful statues
At the museum at Saqqara

Djoser's Step Pyramid (2630BC)
Can you find me? This, the first pyramid built in Egypt, was much bigger in person than it appears in photos.

Djoser
The only remaining statue of Djoser at the Step Pyramid is enclosed in an ancient stone shelter. The "peep hole" allows for an interesting photo of this ancient Pharoah.

The Red Pyramid at Dahshur
We're about to enter the first true pyramid remaining! Built after the Step and Bent pyramids, Snefru finally achieved success around 2550BC with this pyramid, named after the reddish limestone used in its casing stones (inside).

Inside the Red Pyramid
You can see the reddish stones that give this pyramid its name. It was QUITE a difficult ordeal getting in and out of here!

Ramses II at Memphis
Carved from one 1000+ton piece of limestone!

Big hand
Ramses II

Pharoah
Once the capital of Egypt, the Memphis of today is little more than a village with a small museum complex. Several statues remain, but little else is left of the once glorious city.

3rd Anniversary
We treated ourselves to dinner on the Nile.

"Fare wellin peace of safety"
Ma'asalama, Cairo.