We enjoyed watching the hoopoes on the lawn of the Mena House Hotel. This wall carving is from a tomb at Saqqara

Exploring at Saqqara

Exploring at Saqqara

A tomb on the Giza Plateau 

A tomb on the Giza Plateau

This fellow leaning on a paw of the Sphinx often appeared wanting to be our guide. He proudly boasted that he five wives.

With the writer Colin Wilson in Upper Egypt.

With Robert Bauval, author of 'The Orion Mystery' on one of our trips to Egypt.

Woman at a market grocery stall - the tins are so large they might be oil....

A corner tea stall in Zamalek.