Abu Simbel & Cairo

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Published: March 23rd 2009Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Abu Simbel
February 20th 2009

The tour started with a 2:45am wakeup call from the boat, for our 3:30am minibus pickup. We knew it was going to be a shared transfer, but we were hoping that we were just sharing in a regular van. No luck, this trip was the minibus trip sold by the hostels, where they load about 20 people into a minibus. When the bus first pulled up there was only two seats left, and not together. When we sto... Read Full Entry

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Minbar

The minbar is the pulpit for the imam. To the left of the picture is the minrab, the niche in the wall which shows the direction of Mecca, and thus which direction to face when praying

ceiling

The 4 symbols in the corner are the names of the 4 apostles

Muhammed Ali's tomb