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:
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!
