Day 2, Alexandria

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After a generous breakfast we braved crossing the road to the beach.

The view from our room

The view from our room

Breakfast at the Corniche Hilton, Alexandria’s Mediterranean coast
Looking towards our hotel from the beach
The Mediterranean beach at Alexandria
The Mediterranean is warm first thing in the morning

We travelled through the backstreets to the Catacombs of Kim El Shoqafa

At the Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa
Descent into the Catacomb
Looking upwards in Catacombs to where mummies were lowered down from
Inside the Catacombs
Ancient wall paintings on wall in
Catacombs
Likely wife of the tomb’s owner
Likely owner of the tomb
A tomb within the Catacombs
Example of surviving wall paintings in tomb at the Catacombs
Pompey’s pillar
In the little library under Pompey’s pillar
The Serapeum
Under the Serapeum
The Apis bull in the Serapeum (Pompey’s pillar)
Fort Qaitbey, 1303 fortress at Alexandria
The outside of the new Alexandria library
In the beautiful new Alexandria library
An embroidered start of the Quran in Alexandria library

Arrived in Marsa Matrouh, on the north coast of Egypt, on our way to Siwa tomorrow

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