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| braxony in the park in aswan | our falucca captained by abdula a bob marley fan! | j., abdula and janen (the boat) |
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| "don't worry be happy" | don't shoot the odd gobble gobble birds... | braxony and the nile.... |
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| this is one of the gobble gobble birds commonly known as ibis.... | aswan souk at dusk | janen in the sunshine | shrine on the opposie bank of the nile |
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| ibis on the botanical island also known as kitchener island | hibiscus on the island | ibis in flight | the blue and rather pretty nile |
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| ibis stalking us | pretty flora | j. felucca and the flowers |
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| palms | felucca | b. attempts the desert at mid-day - oh no we don't need a camel thankyou! | st simeons monastery in the desert |
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| leaving the botanical island | man touting his wares from his boat | nile and desert |
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| j. in st simeons | main courtyard of the monastery | abdula fashions b. some new head-gear |
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| inscriptions on the monastery walls | much needed half-time orange | monastery | one of the camels we shunned.... |
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| monastery corridor | nubian village "corocodile house" | our little helper |
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| hieroglyphics on elephantine island | b. squishing the hieroglyphic slug | ok, the bird was upsidedown but I thought this gave a better idea ... |
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| croc. in our nubian cafe ... | clapping ankh - pretty odd! | j. inspects the wares... |