John's Blog » Egypt http://johnbain.org/blog Entrepreneurship, travel and life Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:10:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Ancient Egypt http://johnbain.org/blog/2008/10/02/ancient-egypt/ http://johnbain.org/blog/2008/10/02/ancient-egypt/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:01:54 +0000 John http://johnbain.org/blog/?p=153

The Sphinx at Giza

There were lots of Bedouin men on camel back around the pyramids to complete the tourist stereotype

Egyptian hieroglyphics


Bhav trying to fit in with the locals


A mini sphinx


Our trusty camels, quite frankly the best way to see the pyramids


The pyramids at Giza

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