Not posted a report for ages, so thought I’d share this mini-report.
The Abandoned city of Al Qasr is pretty much in the dead centre of Egypt. We passed it on a 2,000km off-road roadtrip. It’s from around mediaeval times, and has just become abandoned over time as people have moved to the bigger cities.
This is probably the oddest FE link I’ve ever posted!
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=27.069465&lon=27.959957&z=8.6&r=0&src=msl
In we go:
The whole city is covered, allowing business to carry on as usual, no matter how fierce the sun became.
Our guide Mohamed showing us through the ‘streets‘
The School:
Rooftopping, Egyptian stylee
I’m not exactly sure how many people lived here, but it’s a fair sized place.
Olive oil press. We gave this fella a few pence to show us how it worked:
Enjoy, sorry it's only a short one!
The Abandoned city of Al Qasr is pretty much in the dead centre of Egypt. We passed it on a 2,000km off-road roadtrip. It’s from around mediaeval times, and has just become abandoned over time as people have moved to the bigger cities.
This is probably the oddest FE link I’ve ever posted!
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=27.069465&lon=27.959957&z=8.6&r=0&src=msl
In we go:
![IMG_4052AlQasr.jpg IMG_4052AlQasr.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/65/65704-IMG-4052AlQasr.jpg)
The whole city is covered, allowing business to carry on as usual, no matter how fierce the sun became.
Our guide Mohamed showing us through the ‘streets‘
![IMG_4056AlAlQasr.jpg IMG_4056AlAlQasr.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/65/65705-IMG-4056AlAlQasr.jpg)
The School:
![IMG_4057AlQasr.jpg IMG_4057AlQasr.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/65/65706-IMG-4057AlQasr.jpg)
Rooftopping, Egyptian stylee
![IMG_4059AlQasr.jpg IMG_4059AlQasr.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/65/65707-IMG-4059AlQasr.jpg)
I’m not exactly sure how many people lived here, but it’s a fair sized place.
![IMG_4058AlQasr.jpg IMG_4058AlQasr.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/65/65708-IMG-4058AlQasr.jpg)
Olive oil press. We gave this fella a few pence to show us how it worked:
![IMG_4055AlQasr.jpg IMG_4055AlQasr.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/65/65709-IMG-4055AlQasr.jpg)
Enjoy, sorry it's only a short one!