Anneliese in Egypt
August 2008


Marcel and his daughters Kim and Anneliese in Marsá al 'Alam (Marsa Alam), Egypt


Happy traveler Liesey, adding yet another stamp to her crowded passport (Netherlands, Canada, Belgium,
Brazil, France, Luxembourg, Spain, Andorra, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Israel, and now Egypt).
At her age (20) I was still four years away from leaving the US for the first time.


the resort where they stayed is about five hours south of Cairo, across the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia


Marsa Alam is on the Tropic of Cancer and so has a tropical climate complete with palm trees and mangroves


the beach at the resort


hotel lobby


bed made up prettily


The Red Sea (watch out for that coral, girls! both Liese and Kim got cut up on the reefs)


Marcel, Anneliese and Kim in the pool (it's safer there!)


view of the pool bar


chillin' at the pool bar


Kim and Liese by the fountain


walking around outside the resort


girls at the bazaar, La Casa Italiana


hookahs for sale


shoes, hats and backpacks for sale


donkey pulling a cart


lonely hookah in the middle of a garbage-strewn street


I guess this says something happened here in 1116 and 1704 (at least I can read Arabic numerals!)


Egyptian boy


you can see why you need a driver...those street signs aren't much help if you don't read Arabic


Egyptian pay phone--thank God for triband cells,
I would not want to have to figure out how this works


an intricate building Liese liked


building detail


a rare sighting (from a distance) of Egyptian women


non-Egyptian women (hmmm...how can you tell?)


not real sure what this is or was--any guesses? or anybody read Arabic?


Liese and a truckful of camels--you don't see this every day!

camels, close-up


poolside


view of the Red Sea


beachside games


road trip! entering the desert


desert rock formations


pit stop in the middle of nowhere


downtown?


this could almost be Greece, though it's even more desolate


note satellite dish


at least there was a gas station...here their driver fills up with the local commodity


Marcel, Anneliese and an unidentified Egyptian dude


scary security checkpoint in the desert


Kim and Anneliese at an Egyptian water park


pretty Kim in front of a mosaic of underwater life


dance lessons back at the resort


Anneliese helps Kim with her skirt


more beach dancing


Kim, Marcel and Inge on the terrace


Anneliese and Marcel


Anneliese


Liese and Kim


colorful cocktails


sunset on the beach


waiting for the flight back to Holland at the Marsa Alam International Airport,
where you don't have to find out which gate you're departing from, cuz there's only one!

pretending to sleep at the airport in front of an Egyptian Pizza Hut

On to Luxor
Back to the Netherlands

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