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Through the lens: the energy of Egypt

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Wednesday, 21st January 2009
Spending Christmas cruising down the Nile, from Luxor to Aswan, left me with no doubt that the Egyptian landscape was born to be photographed. Its dusty red deserts, historically magnificent temples and bustling cities full of fascinating faces are any photographer's heaven.

Its diverse beauty can be seen from all around; by standing on the banks of the Nile; watching as local fisherman go about their work or hovering above the vast desert in a hot air balloon, gazing down at four-thousand year old temples.

In a place with such character and energy, it is difficult to not get attached. As my home-bound flight soared above the desert, now illuminated by the setting sun, I was glad to have photographs to remind me of my remarkable Egyptian experience.

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#1 Anonymous
Wed, 21st Jan 2009 11:15am

Beautiful photos! Lovely feature.

#2 Chris Kummelstedt
Thu, 22nd Jan 2009 9:08am

n-ice

#3 Amy Benziane
Sat, 24th Jan 2009 1:00pm

Even nicer when you click the pics and see them in full. Really amazing photos... They make me very jealous!

#4 Jason Rose
Mon, 26th Jan 2009 2:28am

Great photos!

How long did you spend in Luxor? Visiting Karnak is absolutely incredible Did you travel any further north?

#5 Anonymous
Mon, 26th Jan 2009 2:47am

I'm thinking of running a competition...anyone who gets photographic proof that Jason Rose does something with his time other than commenting on aritcles on the Yorker wins a free trip to Egypt. The only catch is that they have to take him with them.

#6 Jason Rose
Mon, 26th Jan 2009 4:57pm

Run it and I'll happily go to Egypt

If you want to know what I've done in the last week, though, it includes having two radio shows, going to the NUS national conference all day on Tuesday, going to a CU meeting on Wednesday evening, going to a JCRC meeting on Thursday evening, helping out with the Debating IV Competition on Saturday and going to Responsible Person training, going to an ordination on Sunday and I also went to the YUSU Comedy Night last monday - plus my astrophysics degree takes up a large amount of time. So I think that my 10 minutes on the Yorker is perfectly justified, thank you very much.

Anyway, back to Egypt. What was Aswan like? I didn't get to go :(

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