The welcoming entrance to Sallum (or Salloum) where they wanted to charge us 100 Egyptian Pounds for entrance to the city to watch the eclipse. Yet another fine example of "stick it to the foreigners" in Egypt.

Teri chatting on the cell phone in rapt anticipation of the eclipse.

A local Egyptian had set up his telescope to project an image of the sun as it was covered by the moon.

Once the moon totally covered the sun, it was safe to look directly at the odd sight. The shadow of the moon seemed blacker than black... a hole in the sky surrounded by a ghostly aura.

Me and Teri immediately after the eclipse. Just over the hills behind us is Lybia.

Publicity for the event.

During the brief time our bus was broken down, Teri took this picture of me in the desert.

McDonald's sells the McArabia in Alexandria. No joke.

Jen and Jennifer's apartment look out over the busy traffic of Alex to the Mediterranean Sea.

The Mediterranean coast of Alex.

Jen, Teri, and Jennifer looking down the hole where the defending army of Qaitbey Citadel would dump hot oil on invaders.

The women of Alexandria wear colorful Higabs, scarves that cover their hair and necks.

Some even go the whole nine yards and cover themselves from head to toe, leaving only a slit for their eyes. When I first arrived in Egypt I had an irrational fear when I saw women dressed like this. My mind screamed out, "NINJAS!" I have since gotten over this irrational fear.

Young Muslim boys praying on the grounds of the Qaitbey Citadel.

Qaitbey Citadel was once used to protect the harbor of Alexandria.