The voyage to Alexandria and the tales of an upset stomach

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April 27th 2011

Published: May 2nd 2011

Well, time for another blog. When last I left off I was coming close to departing for Alexandria. During that first week, I was constantly battling a lovely little bug who seemed to enjoy the inside of my bowels for some reason. Thankfully that has passed and I am feeling much better now and hopefully it will stay that way, In shah Allah. A week ago Sunday, while Aaron was feeling a little u... Read Full Entry

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Bus stop in Alexandria

This is where I waited for an hour and a half for the bus to Siwa.

building near one of my bus stops in the desert

Beautiful view of the sun setting in the desert

The ancient Shali fortress in Siwa

An amazing construction of building built close together and up up up, however now it has fallen apart and it deteriorates further each year

Me in front of the Shali

I climbed up a hill overlooking the Shali and made some nice pictures, most of them were panorama though and this blog won't hold them unfortunately

Local children in Siwa

These kids were very friendly, unfortunately I speak virtually no Arabic and was unable to communicate much of anything with them.

A view of Siwa

Siwa view of palm trees.

Visiting with more children

Yet again I found some friendly children in Siwa and was unable to communicate, which was very frustrating.

Sitting with new friends

I met these two at the top of the Shali and enjoyed their company, very nice people.

Letting the pressure out of the tires

Our driver letting the pressure out of the tires in order to drive on the barren desert.

Cold lake in the desert

A surprisingly cold lake in the middle of the Sahara desert, rather unusual.

Relaxing in a hot spring

Hot spring made while looking for oil in the desert, the find was no good for the companies mining but it did help tourism.

Footsteps in the sand

Footprints leading through the desert.

Another view of a desert sunset

Sahara sunset

Dunes in the desert

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