We are in Egypt. It's hot, noisy and crowded with people hungry for baksheesh. Traffic in Cairo is insane.

But then there's the Pyramids, Saqarra, the sand that drifts and glitters like snow. Green fields on the edge of the Sahara, feluccas on the Nile, Pharaonic temples, Islamic mosques and ancient Christian churches in Coptic Cairo. Palm trees, camels, horses and donkeys, carts of watermelons, apricots, limes, and that wonderful feeling of returning to an air-conditioned hotel room after it all...

Still ahead are the Nile cruise, Luxor and the Sinai peninsula: St. Katherine's Monastery, the Burning Bush, and a camel trek into the desert.

Thanks for all the comments. See you this summer.