http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:35:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en       As promised, this is the first photo in full resolution for printing. It should be good for up to 30 x 40 inches. It is in Jpeg format at 2.9 Megs and 4992 x 3328 megapixels.  I have uploaded it to Yahoo photos. You may have yahoo print the picture, ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=44 Cairo by Night from the Cairo Tower Since I last wrote, I have indeed been busy, making a stop at the Cairo Tower to photograph Cairo by night, roaming through the desert just outside Cairo in order to approach some of the pyramids and other ruins at Dashure and Saqqara from ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=42 Today I am safe and sound in Cairo – home at the Hotel Longchamps, and loving it, though I have some sleep to catch up on. I flew in on EgyptAir, how I normally travel to Egypt, and it was a nice flight. I have always enjoyed flying EgyptAir. Many ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=29 "A lot of people ask me about this, as it is one of those issues that comes up time and time again! Some first-time visitors to Egypt are taken aback by the number of people who expect (or ask for) tips or baksheesh for the smallest service. I can assure ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=28 Dear Jimmy, In the web page I sent you, therre was a note about the 32nd Count of Pepi I; but Pepi I's last Year was certainly the Year of the 25th Count as noted in the South Saqqara Stone Annal. However, the ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=27 Fabian Boudville is an active reader who sends me very interesting updates. Here are some of his latest: On the 13th Year of Takelot III I have some news for you. In Kennth Kitchen's first 1972 book on the Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, Kitchen thought the anonymous Year 19 ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=26 OK, how bout a few more than ten. Adel, a journalist and contributor to Tour Egypt only named seven. 1- The Egyptian Museum - el-Mat-Haf. 2- The Pyramids - el-Ahram 3- The Citadel - el-Qal'aa 4- Cairo Tower - Borg il Qahira. 5- The Zoo - Geneinet al-hayawanaat 6- Khan el-Khalili 7- The Hanging Church - al ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=25 Well, the big news on the message center is that we have a new one, brand new, with a new address at http://touregyptforums.com . Check it out. This new forum system is much more powerful than our old one, with many new buttons and whistles. And, one thing I ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=24 If you're looking for a unique, relaxing vacation, why not go for a Yoga trip? For the first time in Egypt and the Middle East, T.E.N Tours Egypt is organizing an International Yoga Festival during the time between March 1 to 7 2006. With an early start for Yoga and Meditation, ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=23 Karen, our beloved tour organizer on the BBS tells us about Ramadan Annual events in the Islamic calendar do vary from year to year, the reason being that the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Because the calendar ... http://www.touregypt.net/teblog/messagecenter/?p=22