EGYPT - Alexandria

Down on the waterfront having lunch

Fran just before the countdown on new year's eve in one of the rare bars

Alexandria waterfront

EGYPT - Hill of the dead in Siwa

This is a strange place - a hillside that is riddles with really old tombs - it looks like giant moles and rabbits went nuts digging here

One of the tombs

EGYPT - Siwan bike ride cont...

Kay and Valda - our ladies of leisure preferring the 'Siwan Taxi' (a.k.a. donkey cart) over the bikes. After Graham's bike chain breaking and Jess cycling head on into a ditch, maybe this was a wise choice!?

Graham developing his own cycling style.

The Siwan Oracle. This has been round since Alexander the Great came to visit Egypt.

Me at the Siwan Oracle.

EGYPT - Siwa

Cleopatra's Bath - a natural spring

The lot of us at the Siwan Oracle, Siwa Oasis in the background

Setting off on our bike tour around Siwa

Amy and Fran chilling at Cleopatra's Bath

EGYPT - Desert lake and Sandboarding

Awesome fresh water lake in the middle of the desert.

Amy and Mohammed sandboarding

The gang, happily exhausted from snowboarding, watching the sunset