Cairo 2008

We were in Cairo, Egypt in the end of April and early May 2008 as a part of our MDP 2008.

The pictures taken - mostly with the Canon EOS 400D and 18-55 kit lens are here:

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Cairo Airport

The Nile from my room at Ramses Hilton, Cairo.
The bridge is called the 6th October bridge.

The Nile . . . it is not blue but a shade of green

The Nile and the Four Seasons Hotel

Lions guarding the Qasr El Neel' Bridge over the Nile



Cairo University



Ornate gates of the Cairo University



Downtown Cairo



Cairo - the palm tree lined roads leading to Tahrir Square.


The Egyptian Museum at a distance


The road leading to the 6th October bridge and our Hotel, the Ramses Hilton, the large building on the centre of the frame.


The rear of the Egyptian Museum



Cairo skyline


Cairo, 2008


Modern Cairo

Dusk on the Nile

Lights on at the Egyptian Museum



Cairo at dusk



Sunset



6th October bridge at night . . . shot from my room balcony



Our first view of the pyramids


Sunset


Cairo skyline


Sunset on the promenade of the Nile


Feluccas on the Nile


Crazy angle shot taken of the Ramses Hilton from the Tour Bus window


Sunset . . . seems that Cairo skyline is aflame


Feluccas parked by the side of the Grand Hyatt, Cairo


The Grand Hyatt Cairo, where we had our MDP 2008


Another view of the Grand Hyatt, Cairo