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Ferð í október 2008

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Hey! Welcome to Egypt! Happy boys on Ramses square in Cairo. Hressir strakar a Ramses torgi i Cairo. Views[46] The view out of my hotel window at Victoria Hotel in Cairo! - Utsynid ut um hotelgluggann i Cairo - haensni,gaesir, dufur og orugglega eitthvad fleira! Views[37] And this is the chicken hut at the neighbours ! - Og thetta er haensnakofinn hja nagronnunum! Views[32] My first trip to a Mosk, barefoot in a rope. - Fyrsta ferdin min i mosku - i kufli og berfaett Views[40] The Al-Azhar mosk in Cairo - Al-Azhar moskan i Cairo Views[36]
 
The first group photo - there we are in the Al Azhar mosk in Cairo. - Fyrsta hopmyndin - i Al Azhar moskunni i Cairo Views[46] Sue, my roommate for the next 4 weeks. There at the trainstation under a sign that says My first day in Cairo, I went to the local basar which was rather shabby. - Fyrsta daginn minn thegar eg for a basarinn, for eg ovart inn a local basarinn sem er frekar subbulegur. Gekk nokkra svona ranghala og var fegin ad komast ut aftur! Views[47] This is the Coptic Church, Cairo. The Benedict rule and others came from this church. - Fyrir framan Coptic Church - Benediktarreglan og fleiri munkareglur hafa komid ut fra thessari kirkju. Views[42]
 
The Hanging Church of St. Virgin Mary is since the 3rd Century. Close by is the Babylon wall. - The Hanging Church of St. Virgin Mary er sidan a 3 old. Rett hja er veggur Babylon virkisins og kirkjan er fyrir ofan hlidid sem var ad virkinu - thess vegna thetta nafn Views[36] Sue and I went into a small restaurant and they handed us the menu ... in Arabic ;-). The waiter didn't speak any English but could say Unbelievable! In the Al-Azhar mosk I was shown booklets in Icelandic!! Spread the word! - I Al-Azhar moskunni thar sem baeklingar eru a islensku! Breidid ut ordid! Views[41] Sufi dancers in an old, typical Cairo house, a garden in the middle. - Sufi dansararnir i typisku, gomlu kairosku husi - opinn gardur i midjunni. Views[37] The pyramids in Giza - the group with our leader. See how close the city is. - Tharna er hopurinn kominn ad pyramidunum og eru ad hlusta a leidsogumanninn okkar. Sjaid hvad borgin er nalaegt - Giza og Cairo Views[43]
 
In front of the biggest one, the Keops - it's 148 m high - Fyrir framan Keops pyramidann sem er sa staersti - 148 m Views[36] That's where they opened up the pyramid and the tunnel go down into the tomb. - Tharna opnudu their pyramidann og gongin liggja tharna nidur i grafhysid Views[35] I did it! Went down into a tomb in one of the pyramids and am sweating there in heat, humidity and lack of air. Couldn't wait to get out again ! - For nidur i grafhysi i minni pyramida og er tharna rennandi sveitt i raka og loftleysi og get ekki bedid eftir ad komast ut aftur! Views[45] That's where you go up and out again and further up narrow steps. - Tharna paufast madur upp aftur ur grafhysinu og fer boginn upp throngan gang Views[36] Me and Sue as close to the camel as we were ready for at the time! - Eg og Sue stilltum okkur upp vid ulfaldann - a thessum timapunkti var eg ekki tilbuin ad skella mer a bak! Views[42]
 
All the pyramyds - there was a little breeze there which I loved. It was probably between 35 - 38°C. - Allir 4 staerstu pyramidarnir. Tharna var sma andvardi sem var mjog vel theginn. Views[35] At the Sfinx, pretty as a picture with the head scarf ! - Vid Sfinxinn - kominn med thennan myndarlega hofudklut !! Views[41] Part of the group outside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo with our leader. - Fyrir utan Egypska safnid med leidsogumanninum okkar, man ekki hvad hun heitir en hun veit mikid um hlutina. Views[52] Oh, the Nile !! The view from our Nile Hotel in Aswan. - Haldidi ad thad se utsyni ut af svolunum a hotelinu okkar i Aswan - Nile Hotel - beint ut a Nil Views[41] Sailing on the Nile - a typical Nubian house. - A siglingu a Nil - typist Nubian hus Views[38]
 
Never did I suspect that I would swim in the Nile!! There we are on the beach and Sabry, our leader is in the water as well. - Ekki grunadi mig ad eg aetti eftir ad synda i Nil! Tharna er hopurinn a strondinni og Sabry er i vatninu lika - leidsogumadurinn okkar. Views[43] On the beach - A strondinni Views[45] Oh, mama ! There I've just sat on the camel! - Nykomin a ulfaldann! Views[36] Well ... I'm sitting pretty high up there! - Madur er ansi hatt uppi tharna! Views[44] Lawrence from Arabia what .. who .. ?!!! Unbelievably beautiful there at dusk .. mmm ! - Larus fra Arabiu hvad !!?? Otrulega fallegt tharna i thessari birtu. Views[47]
 
The sun is setting in the Nubia desert, close to the Nile. - Solin ad setjast i Nubia eydimorkinni - alveg vid Nil Views[41] Dinner at a Nubian family - the end of another great day. - Kvoldmatur i lok annars frabaers dags hja Nubian fjolskyldunni Views[40] Abu Simbel - Ramses II Views[29] Ad hofi Ramsesar II Views[32] Solin a ad skina a hofud styttunar a vissum dogum 2svar a ari Views[30]
 
Thad er engin smastard a thessum kollum! Views[27] Eg og Sue fyrir framan hof Nefertiti Views[35] On a restaurant onboard a boat on the Nile in Aswan. Jane, Susanne, eg, Sabry og Sue eftir kvoldmat a bat/veitingastad vid Nil i Aswan Views[34] The crew is getting everything ready on the Felucca before sailing on the Nile for the next 24 hours. - Ahofnin ad gera klart fyrir siglinguna a Feluccunni a Nil Views[30] Everyone getting settled. - Allir ad koma ser vel fyrir Views[32]
 
Views[31] Thessi skip sigla margar ferdir milli Luxor og Aswan Views[34] Our lunch onboard .. it was all vegetables, rice and bread and very good. - Hadegismaturinn ... jamm jamm Views[33] In the evening on the Felucca we had good fun, dinner, candlelights and drinks - very cozy! - Og tha var katt a feluccunni, - kvoldmatur, kertaljos og huggulegheit Views[31] Hja Animal Care Egypt - thessi asni var voda hrifinn af Sue Views[32]
 
Thad thurfti ad gera ad sari a thessum hesti Views[34] The Straw Dogs prayer - Baen flaekingshundsins Views[32] Photos of wounds the animals have had they've treated. - Daemi um astand dyra sem hafa komid a stodina - ansi morg ljot sar og sum gerd viljandi af eigendum. Omurlegt ad sja. Views[34] Thessi asni var ad fa althvott!! Views[42] Tharna er eg komin i Karnak hofid, staersta hofid i Egyptalandi Views[38]
 
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