Tag Archives: Giza

Big Mythical Creature

It must be frustrating to plan the trip of a lifetime and have your photos ruined by events outside your control. Like renovations. Visitors to Ottawa the past few years have seen the iconic Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings with scaffolding and boards. It’s probably going to be another decade before the renovations are […]

More Camels

Looking through the pictures I took at the Giza pyramids, I realize that I didn’t take any of camels with the pyramids in the background. Who knows what I was thinking. It would have been an iconic shot.  In my defence, I wasn’t there to see camels. I wanted to see the pyramids, and that […]

Camels Everywhere

I suppose it could be seen as the ultimate tourist experience. I passed on it. It has been more than 40 years since the last time I was on horseback, but I remember what the experience eas like. My guess is a camel would be less comfortable – and I can’t say I find horses […]