Jerusalem - Part I

Gleeful at the sight of the Old City!

Allie: "IIIICK! AAAANTS!" [pulls skirt WAY up]

The view from our hostel.

The Dome of the Rock.

Choices, choices.

<-- Site of the Last Supper

Site of Mary's eternal rest -->

The Christian Quarter.

The Bazaar.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site of Jesus' crucifixion.

Tel Aviv and Kfar Saba

Sunset over the Mediterranean.

Yafo, the ancient city.

The West Bank and a glimpse of the fence.

The fence.

Mike with the Rotems - Avi, Tammi, and Gal.

Petra: Awwww yeah

Walking through the Siq.

The Treasury. Yes, this is carved into the side of a sandstone cliff.

Follow the yellow sandstone stairs...

Yum.

Overlooking the sandstone city... glory.

'Sup.

Oh my God... shoes!

One small step for most. One giant leap for Allie.

A lone cairn. (For Mike's Mom)

The tombs.

Simmering sandstone city sunset.

Eilat, Israel

After our 7-hour trek through the Sinai Desert, we arrived in Eilat!

The view of Jordan and the Red Sea from our hostel.

Preparing for the hike... can anybody spot a tourist?

Contemplation and utter contentment.

Irrational exuberance.

On the road again...

Red Sea sunrise.

Islamic Cairo

Al-Azhar mosque.

Iftar at Midan Hussein.

Ramadan lanterns at the mausoleum. Mosque of Sayyid Al-Hussein.

Matt, at Fishawa Awha (continuously open for 200 years) (except for Ramadan).

Blessed, blessed fruit juice.

Zamalek and Gezira

The Nile.

Feed me, Seymour!
Also: it's good that Allie and Matt are so frond of each other . . .

At the Cairo Opera House.

An open-air stage at the Opera House.

The Opera House courtyard.

The Nile.

Zamalek.

Jet lag. It's real.

Sheesha and backgammon.

20 seconds in Giza

Giza!

Walk like an Egyptian . . .

Matt Hall, a pensive fellow.

"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
- this post dedicated to M. O'R. -

In the tomb. In the pyramid.

"Yes."

Two guys and a girl.
Two pyramids and a Sphinx.

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Pucker up, Khafre.

Giza.

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