Our trip to Egypt was, and I use this phrase very rarely, the trip of a lifetime. To be present during such an interesting time in their history, and to be exposed to all 5000 years of Egyptian culture was exhilarating.

Barb and Steve, tourists at the Great Pyramids of Giza

Some highlights:

Waking up our first morning and seeing the veiled silhouettes of the pyramids from our hotel balcony at Mena House Oberoi.

Being serenaded by a beautiful Nubian boy while sailing on the Nile at Aswan.

Young singer on the Nile at Aswan

Touring Luxor Temple at night, with a million stars overhead.

Luxor Temple

Cruising on the Nile, where it appears things have not changed much in the past few millennia.

Fishers of men, Nile River

Having dinner in Cairo with my photographer friend Sherif and his wife Nour. Sherif and I were suite-mates at the International Food Styling and Photography Conference in Boston last June, and it was inspiring to hear of his experiences at Tahrir Square on January 25, and all the things that have been going on in Egypt since then.

Mezes at Abu El Sid, Cairo

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