Why Egypt Is Still An Awesome Place To Visit [PHOTOS]

The Sphinx

The quiet

The practical made winsome

The hot chic pea drink sold from these carts, enjoyed over the water as the boats slip by

The bicycles that seem held together by gumption and need

Al-Refa'i mosque

The Al-Ansra Mosque

The bravery: Waffa al-Badry is a female journalists who risks reporting in Tahrir Square and faces off with a government that is getting accustomed to locking people up who say things it does not like

Old Cairo and its amazing array of goods

The lights of the boats reflected off the Nile after the sun goes down

Glimpses of almost unimaginable lives. This is part of a community of dwellings built into the side of a hill aside a major thoroughfare.

The shopping

The unassuming beauty that greets you nearly every time you turn around

Color and life in the most unexpected places

My translator Walid. Without this guy, I couldn't have done half what I did here. He had my back when I needed it, followed me places he knew he'd have to talk us out of, and took care of my gear that costs maybe twice an annual salary here, as if it were his own

Now meet the Muslim family who invited me for Easter dinner >