Mittwoch, 20. März 2013

3/2013 from Cairo to Tel Aviv

Pyramids in a sandstorm




hotel in Cairo (entrance through the chinese restaurant)

Port Said - the army
Korean food in Port Said

ship coming down the Suez-canal, as seen from the city of Suez

hotel in Suez

Sinai

police escort across the Sinai

15 km canyon road to Taba (border to Israel)





Israel
in Israel - camping at the beach near Eilat (Red Sea)


we were guests on a kibbutz

getting a tour of the kibbutz with David

heading north towards the Dead Sea

sink hole

salt crystals of the Dead Sea


Masada - a great view


the famous roman ramp ...

and the end of the siege


water cistern

view from Masada - the squares were the Roman camps




salt encrusted stone on the shore of the Dead Sea



strong wind at the camp site

mountain range next to the Dead Sea

Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem
another free camp site at Palmahin on the Mediterranian Sea

Isaak & Annat - invited us to his home for a good cup of coffee and a chat

Donnerstag, 7. März 2013

03/2013 over the western desert to Cairo


the western desert
 
camping
hot spring at Dakhla oasis

another flat tyre


up and over into a nice sandy camping spot

and here it is



mushroom formation in the white desert



crystal mountain



Jens stucks in the sand while looking for a camp site

part of the black desert

black desert

luke warm springs at El Haiz
temple of Alexander the Great


hot spring in the hotel in Bawiti

down into the tombs


next flat tyre

the nail

last night camping in the desert
in the morning

Cairo it pays to have secure parking
 
the Nile

outside the Egyptian museum