The first of my 6 visits to the Pyramids. http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478331_t9C7L-Ti.jpg http://goodcough.smugmug.com/gallery/818085_dXprr/ 2005-09-19T22:48:52Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />The Sphinx in some of its glory. It was the Turks, and not Napoleon, who relieved him of his nose. They used it for target practice.</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478331_t9C7L" title="The Sphinx in some of its glory. It was the Turks, and not Napoleon, who relieved him of his nose. They used it for target practice."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478331_t9C7L-Th.jpg" width="150" height="82" alt="The Sphinx in some of its glory. It was the Turks, and not Napoleon, who relieved him of his nose. They used it for target practice." title="The Sphinx in some of its glory. It was the Turks, and not Napoleon, who relieved him of his nose. They used it for target practice." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:16:10Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478331_t9C7L-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />It almost looks like a bedouin camp. But it's really just dudes offering you a picture or a camel/horse ride for money.</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478328_HwhKA" title="It almost looks like a bedouin camp. But it's really just dudes offering you a picture or a camel/horse ride for money."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478328_HwhKA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="57" alt="It almost looks like a bedouin camp. But it's really just dudes offering you a picture or a camel/horse ride for money." title="It almost looks like a bedouin camp. But it's really just dudes offering you a picture or a camel/horse ride for money." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:15:46Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478328_HwhKA-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />The view from our air conditioned bus... thank you American Language Institute!</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36477004_T8f9v" title="The view from our air conditioned bus... thank you American Language Institute!"><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36477004_T8f9v-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The view from our air conditioned bus... thank you American Language Institute!" title="The view from our air conditioned bus... thank you American Language Institute!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T03:08:36Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36477004_T8f9v-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 10:40:02 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />One of the many camel cops on the premises.</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36477058_Dj8oX" title="One of the many camel cops on the premises."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36477058_Dj8oX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="One of the many camel cops on the premises." title="One of the many camel cops on the premises." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:13:04Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36477058_Dj8oX-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 11:05:01 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />Kelly, Britt, and Pamila admiring that 8th wonder of the ancient world - the golf course.</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36477155_c5fbm" title="Kelly, Britt, and Pamila admiring that 8th wonder of the ancient world - the golf course."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36477155_c5fbm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Kelly, Britt, and Pamila admiring that 8th wonder of the ancient world - the golf course." title="Kelly, Britt, and Pamila admiring that 8th wonder of the ancient world - the golf course." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:09:30Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36477155_c5fbm-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 11:07:01 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a> </p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478338_3JiHv" title="Dmitry Gudkov Photography's photo"><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478338_3JiHv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Dmitry Gudkov Photography's photo" title="Dmitry Gudkov Photography's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:12:06Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478338_3JiHv-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 11:14:59 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />Mmmm.... pyramid...</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478340_t8rBY" title="Mmmm.... pyramid..."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478340_t8rBY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Mmmm.... pyramid..." title="Mmmm.... pyramid..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:12:24Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478340_t8rBY-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 11:15:44 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />This is the great pyramid. It's about 140 meters high. And the urge to climb it is overwhelming. When else do you get climb a 4500 year-old tomb? It's been forbidden since the 1980's, bu ...</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478341_6DYKG" title="This is the great pyramid. It's about 140 meters high. And the urge to climb it is overwhelming. When else do you get climb a 4500 year-old tomb? It's been forbidden since the 1980's, bu ..."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478341_6DYKG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This is the great pyramid. It's about 140 meters high. And the urge to climb it is overwhelming. When else do you get climb a 4500 year-old tomb? It's been forbidden since the 1980's, bu ..." title="This is the great pyramid. It's about 140 meters high. And the urge to climb it is overwhelming. When else do you get climb a 4500 year-old tomb? It's been forbidden since the 1980's, bu ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:12:38Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478341_6DYKG-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 11:18:12 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />Pyramid - check. Camel - check.</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478342_HBa6j" title="Pyramid - check. Camel - check."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478342_HBa6j-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Pyramid - check. Camel - check." title="Pyramid - check. Camel - check." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T01:23:15Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478342_HBa6j-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 11:29:06 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />Camel dude offering a camel ride.</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478343_Ukrin" title="Camel dude offering a camel ride."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478343_Ukrin-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Camel dude offering a camel ride." title="Camel dude offering a camel ride." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:12:50Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478343_Ukrin-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 11:41:00 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />The Great Pyramid is the one on the far left, even though it looks smaller. The middle one still has at its tip the smooth, shinier limestone that used to cover all the pyramids. Most of i ...</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478345_AMct3" title="The Great Pyramid is the one on the far left, even though it looks smaller. The middle one still has at its tip the smooth, shinier limestone that used to cover all the pyramids. Most of i ..."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478345_AMct3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The Great Pyramid is the one on the far left, even though it looks smaller. The middle one still has at its tip the smooth, shinier limestone that used to cover all the pyramids. Most of i ..." title="The Great Pyramid is the one on the far left, even though it looks smaller. The middle one still has at its tip the smooth, shinier limestone that used to cover all the pyramids. Most of i ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:12:30Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478345_AMct3-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 13:16:26 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />The couple shot. Note the nomadic-looking fellow on the right. His gig was unsolicitedly sidling up to people as they were posing for photos such as these and then asking them for money.</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478346_C7tES" title="The couple shot. Note the nomadic-looking fellow on the right. His gig was unsolicitedly sidling up to people as they were posing for photos such as these and then asking them for money."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478346_C7tES-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The couple shot. Note the nomadic-looking fellow on the right. His gig was unsolicitedly sidling up to people as they were posing for photos such as these and then asking them for money." title="The couple shot. Note the nomadic-looking fellow on the right. His gig was unsolicitedly sidling up to people as they were posing for photos such as these and then asking them for money." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:11:56Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478346_C7tES-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 13:18:07 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />This guy and his kid were in our group. The dad kept wiping his son's face with the handkerchief. Here, the little guy's returning the favor.</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478347_6Y57p" title="This guy and his kid were in our group. The dad kept wiping his son's face with the handkerchief. Here, the little guy's returning the favor."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478347_6Y57p-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This guy and his kid were in our group. The dad kept wiping his son's face with the handkerchief. Here, the little guy's returning the favor." title="This guy and his kid were in our group. The dad kept wiping his son's face with the handkerchief. Here, the little guy's returning the favor." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:14:07Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478347_6Y57p-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 13:50:26 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />You would have taken a picture, too.</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478348_q3KGV" title="You would have taken a picture, too."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478348_q3KGV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="You would have taken a picture, too." title="You would have taken a picture, too." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:13:17Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478348_q3KGV-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 13:50:42 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />Sphinx, eh? While I was posing for this I nearly fell backwards off the ledge - about a 15 foot drop to rock, not sand. If I had died it would've been kind of cool. But I probably would'v ...</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478350_xSmpv" title="Sphinx, eh? While I was posing for this I nearly fell backwards off the ledge - about a 15 foot drop to rock, not sand. If I had died it would've been kind of cool. But I probably would'v ..."><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478350_xSmpv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Sphinx, eh? While I was posing for this I nearly fell backwards off the ledge - about a 15 foot drop to rock, not sand. If I had died it would've been kind of cool. But I probably would'v ..." title="Sphinx, eh? While I was posing for this I nearly fell backwards off the ledge - about a 15 foot drop to rock, not sand. If I had died it would've been kind of cool. But I probably would'v ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:09:41Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478350_xSmpv-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 13:55:34 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />Postcards!</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478352_ztxZW" title="Postcards!"><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478352_ztxZW-Th.jpg" width="71" height="150" alt="Postcards!" title="Postcards!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:10:25Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478352_ztxZW-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 13:59:26 <p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com">Dmitry Gudkov Photography</a><br />Top off your authentic stay at the Sphinx Guest House with a traditional dinner at KFC! (This is about 200 yards from the Sphinx.)</p><p><a href="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/Egypt-2005-2006/Giza-Pyramids/818085_dXprr#36478360_qUFsC" title="Top off your authentic stay at the Sphinx Guest House with a traditional dinner at KFC! (This is about 200 yards from the Sphinx.)"><img src="http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478360_qUFsC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Top off your authentic stay at the Sphinx Guest House with a traditional dinner at KFC! (This is about 200 yards from the Sphinx.)" title="Top off your authentic stay at the Sphinx Guest House with a traditional dinner at KFC! (This is about 200 yards from the Sphinx.)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T00:13:14Z Dmitry Gudkov Photography http://goodcough.smugmug.com http://goodcough.smugmug.com/photos/36478360_qUFsC-Th.jpg 2005-09-17 14:01:41