the Pyramids at Cairo, Egypt

Starting the descent into Cairo. I had the perfect seat for viewing the Pyramids and managed to snap this photo through the plane window. Took a taxi from the airport to the pyramids and had the driver snap the photo of me sitting at the side of a very busy highway with the pyramids in the background. We drove up to the entrance and dodged camels and other assorted beasts of burden. Many tourists and mayhem around the shops and alleys. Was a fantastic sight to see the Nile River as well. Cairo is quite the city!

Pizza night in Benghazi, Libya!!

Spent Friday night walking the streets of Benghazi and ended up in the Souq. Checked out a bunch of jewellery shops filled with gold and silver bracelets, rings and such. All the shops start opening around 6pm on Friday and the souq is filled with shoppers. We ended up having a pizza at the shop on Pepsi Street.

always wanted to stand at the end of one of these....

I always think of that scene in the movie Easy Rider where the deal is going down at the end of the airport runway. I finally got my chance to stand at the end of a runway! It was great till the security vehicle arrived and wondered what we were doing.

 

'just happened to drive onto the end of the runways sir and thought we'd get out and admire the view'

Benghazi

Took a stroll down the seawall in Benghazi on a beautiful Friday afternoon. Didn't find the pizza shop on Pepsi Street but enjoyed walking around the city.

Russian Radio Truck at Benghazi

While driving around the Benina Airport Expansion Project we discovered this old Russian truck which was obviously used for communications. There was even the old manual written in Russian.