Hilary's Places

Travel Images by Hilary Hopkins

March 19 - April 3 2006 / Egypt and Jordan: In Desert Places

Astonishments of Egypt, Jordan and the Solar Eclipse
  • Pyramids in the creamy light at Giza
  • tourist having his picture taken at the Giza Pyramids (for a price)
  • hindquarters of the Sphinx at Giza (not a view you often see!)
  • domestic scene along the Nile
  • early morning at the great Temple of Karnak
  • Nile River tour boat traffic jam
  • Hatshepsut's Temple glows like a mirage in intense heat and light
  • on the Nile at dusk
  • setting up equipment for the total solar eclipse, at Saloum
  • totality in Egypt
  • Greco-Roman ruins of the 2nd and 3rd century BCE city of Jerash (Gerasa) in Jordan
  • in the amphitheater at Jerash, these musicians and young dancers perform
  • the siq, the mile-long narrow passageway to Petra, in Jordan
  • seen at Petra
  • a Bedouin tent in Wadi Rum, Jordan, in which we are served spicy tea
  • miles of distance and light in Wadi Rum, Jordan