Queenhatshepsut - hatshepsutthequeen

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Japanese Quilt Blocks
Japanese Quilt blocks book from Monash University library, Japanese collection

Cherry blossom
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Japanese fabric stash

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Our hotel in Kyoto for the first 5 nights in Japan

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Sakura - Cherry Blossoms
from Kenrohuen Garden, Kanazawa

Sakura imprint on a drain hole
Tokyo footpath

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Natima
Nat in the Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa

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Bangkok street scene
Bangkok street scene


Myra and Wanna
Myra and Wanna, a waiter at the Grand Diamond Suite Hotel in Bangkok
 


Bangkok street
Bangkok street in the afternoon
 

Bangkok airport
I am waiting to board at Bangkok airport


Bangsaen Beach
This is the beach where I used to visit when I was young.


Bangsaen souvenirs
Souvenirs on sale at Bangsaen beach

Bangkok canal
Canal with long-tailed boat


Bangsaen Beach
Pathway adjacent the beach lined with coconut trees


Boing
Boing is my nephew's daughter - she is cute


Jeab and Boing
My nephew Jeab and his daughter Boing

Boing and Jeab
Boing and Jeab at Bangsaen


Boing and Jeab
Boing and Jeab at a restaurant near Bangsaen beach.


My family and I
I had dinner with my family in Bangkok


Some Thai fruit
Some Thai fruit on sale at a street vendor


Grand Diamond Suite Hotel
We stayed at Grand Diamond Suite Hotel


Guitar and Boing
Guitar is my nephew's wife and Boing is their daughter


Guitar
This is Guitar


Guitar, Boing and Jeab
My nephew's family

Guitar,Boing and Jeab
We went to Chonburi together that day.


Haberdashery and hangbag shop
Haberdashery and handbag shop in Bangkok


Button shop
Button shop in Bangkok


Jeab
Jeab in Chonburi


Kanom Jark
Kanom Jark is a Thai sweet made from sticky rice, sugar and coconut milk


Myra
Myra at a coffee shop in Jattujak mall


Myra
Myra in a Bangkok local market


Myra
Myra at a fabric shop in Chonburi

Myra
Myra at Bangsaen beach

Myra
Myra in our room at the Grand Diamond Suite Hotel in Bangkok


Natima and family
Me and my family in a fabric shop in Chonburi


Natima and family
Natima and family at Bangsaen beach

Myra and I
Myra and I at Bangsaen beach

Lunch with family
Having lunch with my family


Natima
Natima at a coffee shop at Jattujak mall

Natima
Natima at Bangsaen beach


Natima
Me, in a fabric shop


Natima
Our room at the Grand Diamond Suite Hotel in Bangkok


Traditional Thai Boutique
Traditional Thai boutique in Chonburi

Taj Mahal
At Taj Mahal in the afternoon sun


Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal the picture perfect


Alsisar Haweli Hotel
A relaxing afternoon in our hotel room


Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal, the beautiful palace for Queen Mumtas


No car safety problems here!
Colourful saris are seen everywhere in India


Fatehpur Sikri palace
Myra and I at the deserted Mughal palace, Fatehpur Sikri


Fatehpur Sikri
Earing designs on one of the palace walls at Fatehpur Sikri palace

Rajghat Park.
Park bench inside Rajghat park in Delhi


Taj Mahal
It was such an exciting experience to see the Taj Mahal in person


Classic photo
It seems that everyone visited Taj-Mahal site on this bench for a photo shoot


Wind Palace
The Wind Palace in Jaipur


Taj Mahal
Another classic photo with a reflection in the water


Ghandi's barried place
Myra and I in front of Ghandi's tomb


Country women
Country women carrying water jars


Outdoor barber
An outdoor barber


The red fort
The red fort in Delhi is being used by the military


Taj Mahal
Myra and I at the Taj Mahal


Welcome to India
We were welcomed to India by our driver, Raj


Delhi Tuk Tuk
The Tuk Tuk is a cheap way to travel in Delbi


Delhi Gate
The Delhi Gate is a grand sight in Delhi


Ice cream vendor
Vendors of any kind are everywhere on Delhi streets


Haberdashery shop
Haberdashery shop in Old Delhi


Jama Masjid Mosque
Jama Masjid Grand Mosque in Old Delhi


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Myra and I at Jama Masjid Grand Mosque in Old Delhi


Haberdashery shop
Myra is in heaven at the Haberdashery shop in Old Delhi


Old Delhi
Old Delhi street scene


Street vendor
Woman selling festival pots


Rajghat park
Notice the gum trees?


Street vendor
Street vendor cooking samosas


Wedding Street Old Delhi
Colorful Wedding Street in Old Delhi, we went there by  rickshaw


Wedding Street
Shop selling wedding decorations in Old Delhi


Women crossing the road
Women avoiding  a rickshaw while trying to cross the road in Old Delhi


Fatehpur Sikri palace
Fatehpur Sitri palace made from red ganite


Camel
Camel travel on national highway

Taj Mahal
Myra and I sat on a famous bench at Taj Mahal


Taj Mahal
Decoration on the outside wall of Taj-Mahal

Cat
Carving of a cat figure on column capital inside Haghia Sophia, Istanbul


Suleyman the magnificent bed
Suleyman the magnificent's bed I made for Lynda's birthday challenge. The idea came to me when I visit Topkapi Palace
in Istanbul. It is a original design. Hope you like it Lynda?


Inside Haghia Sophia
Natima inside Haghia Sophia


The scarf man and me
I told him that "It looks better on you"

Night-in
Yes I brought that scarf

Apple tea
Apple tea break in the Grand Bazaar


Black kittens
Natima and Sulaimanimani kittens


Lighting shop
Lighting shop in Istanbul neighborhood


With Natima helps
I was helping the cook look for pebbles in the rice before he cooked it


Orient Express Coffee shop
Visiting Orient Express Coffee shop at the Istanbul grand station


Dervish dancer
Dervish dancing can be found in many outdoor restaurants in Istanbul


Carpet bags
Carpet bags made from old carpets


Basilica Cistern
Basilica Cistern, underground water storage system during the Ottoman Empire


Blue Mosque
Blue Mosque just before rain storm

Book bazaar
The Book bazaar is situated between the Grand bazaar and Istanbul University


Breakfast bar
Breakfast bar in our hotel where we can see the Blue Mosque from the window


Breakfast staff
Breakfast staff, Shookran, Hilmi with Myra


Spotted the cat
I spotted the carving of a cat on the column capitals. What I didn't know was that every column had a different carving.


Grand bazaar
The Grand bazaar in Istanbul is the best bazaar in the world. I know because I have been to many of them!


Cuty kitten
Many cute kittens are hanging about the Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent

Blue Mosque
Corridor of the Blue Mosque

Decorative ceiling
Decorative ceiling inside the Blue Mosque


Clothes market
Local clothes market

Donna kabab place
Donna kabab place, we had lunch there three times


Egypt Obelisk
Egyptian obelisk was brought to Istanbul by Emperor Constantine from Luxor


Myra with apple tea
Myra and a cuppa of apple tea


Hand painted bowls
This shop was our landmark to get to Ahmad's shop down a lane in a Grand Bazaar

Haghia Sophia's cat
I found this cat inside Haghia Sophia


Hand painted bowls
Hand painted bowls are beautifully painted


Haghia Sophia
Outside Haghia Sophia


IstanbulUniversity
Me outside Istanbul University

Medusa head
Upside down Medusa head found in the Basilica Cistern


Medusa head
One of the two Medusa heads on its side found inside the Basilica Cistern


Myra Haghia Sophia
Myra sitting against the holy water bottle inside Haghia Sophia


Street scene
Street scene in Istanbul


Myra running marathon
There was an international marathon event while we were there. The runners ran right past our hotel. Myra and I gave our support


Wet day
Good day to spend inside the Basilica cistern

My turn
My turn for a cup of apple tea

Local fashion
Purple fashion seemed to take off in Istanbul

Official Ottoman Tugra
Official Ottoman Tugra

Spice bazaar
Spice bazaar in Istanbul


Street carpet
It is not unusual to see streets lined with carpets in Istanbul - a quick way to age them!

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Nat at Ramases Hilton
Night-out at Ramases Hilton. When we walked in the hotel lobby all heads turned. It must have been the loud colour I wore?


Ramases Hilton
Breakfast at the Ramases Hilton

Al Khalili bazaar
Typical Egyptian palm trees, these are grown outside Al Khalili bazaar in Cairo


They have been everywhere!!!
These shoes had been walking inside the Pyramids

Al Khalili mosque
Al Khalili mosque Cairo


Cairo suburb
Cairo suburb on the way to the Pyramids


Park bench
An interesting design on a park bench in Cairo

Suburban Mosque
A suburban mosque in Cairo

Coptic church
Coptic church, the local call it hanging church


Coptic church window
A pattern on the window at Coptic church

Coptic museum
Outside the Coptic museum in Cairo


Egyptair in-flight magazine Horus
The cover of Egyptair in-flight magazine. I used up 3 of them to make into a book and journal


Cairo museum
Outside the Cairo museum. We weren't allowed cameras inside. This is where Tutankhamun's mummy and treasures are housed


Cairo museum
Papyrus and lilies played a big part in Ancient Egypt. Later on we found them in lots of carvings and kartouches


Cairo museum
Myra outside the Cairo museum

El Fishawy teahouse
El Fishawy teahouse in Cairo has been in business for more than 300 years (we were told by Wikipedia)


Cairo bazaar
El Fishawy teahouse in Cairo bazaar


Papyrus mesuem
Houdda was showing how to make papyrus paper


Lots camels
Lots of camels displayed on a roadside store


Mohamed and Myra
Mohamed our tour guide and Myra outside the Cairo  Museum


Mohamed Ali Mosque
Mohamed Ali Mosque in Cairo


Myra at the Pyramids
Myra near the Pyramids

Pyramid
Me outside one of the Pyramids


Pyramid
Pyramid


Pyramid
I was inside the Pyramid this time


Pyramid
Myra and I at the Pyramid


Panorama scene of the Pyramids
Panorama scene of the Pyramid

Beautiful Pyramids
Beautiful Pyramids


Panorama view
Panorama view of the Pyramids

Irish Pub
On our night out to an Irish Pub at the Ramases Hilton

Me again
I turned many heads that night!!!


Beautiful Myra
Myra turns heads going there

The Sphinx
The Sphinx and the Pyramid


Myra and the hotel security guard
That day I took photos with something red and this was my first photo of the day

Sphinx
The Sphinx and I


Sphinx
This photo shows the tail of the Sphinx


Nat in Cairo
Can't remember where this was?

Natima at Cairo airport
Can you see I was appliquéing and yes I took a needle on board!!! 

Relaxing with coffee
Relaxing with coffee

Queen Hatshepsut
Head of Queen Hatshepsut from the temple


Ram headed Sphinx
Ram headed Sphinx at Karnak temple


The Odyssey
Our tour group the Odyssey group at Karnak temple


Excavation team at work
Excavation team at work at the Valley of the Kings


Visitor Centre
Visitor Centre at Valley of the Kings


Queen Hatshepsut temple
Myra at Queen Hatshepsut temple


Thutmosis III tomb
Natima at King Thutmosis-III tomb-Valley of the Kings


Valley of the Kings
Natima at the Valley of the Kings

Tutankhamun tomb
Myra infront of Tutankhamun tomb-Valley of the Kings


Odyssey on the move
The Odyssey on the move to Valley of the Kings


Queen Hatshepsut Temple
Queen Hatshepsut temple 

Queen Hatshepsut
Queen Hatshepsut herself (I was called Queen Hatshepsut by my guide)


Queen Hatshepsut temple
Queen Hatshepsut temple

Thutmosis III tomba
Thutmosis III tomb at Valley of the Kings


Thutmosis III tomb
Inside Thutmosis III tomb

Thutmosis III tomb
The sign outside Thutmosis III's tomb

Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Kings in Luxor

Traditional tools
Traditional tools used in Ancient Egypt

Use of Traditional tools
How to use the Traditional tools

Luxor mosque
Luxor mosque and group of palm trees

Old man in pink

Old men in traditional outfits are often seen in temples

Not the Titanic
Not the same as the Titanic, but we really enjoyed it

Our Guide Assam
Assam is passionate about Ancient Egypt

Coffee at Sherraton

A coffee break at the Sherraton Hotel.

Clear one

Would love to know what it said.

Coffee break
Coffee break at the Sherraton Hotel

Karnak temple
Row of baby Sphynxes at Karnak temple

Palm trees
Egyptian palm trees

First view of the Nile

First encounter with the river Nile

Karnak temple
Karnak temple

Our group

Our group admiring the scene at Karnak temple

Karnak temple

The site was amazing!!!

Luxor temple

The columns are huge

Luxor temple
Entrance to Luxor temple

Myra with the Ahk column
Myra with the Ahk column at Karnak temple

Ram headed sphinx
Ram headed sphinx at Karnak temple

Myra - Karnak temple
Myra at the entrance of Karnak temple

River Nile shoreline
River Nile shoreline

Obelisk - Karnak temple
Obelisk at Karnak temple

River Nile at Sunset
Sunset on the river Nile

Ram headed sphinx
Ram headed sphinx with babies

Ramases family tree
Ramases family tree at Karnak temple


Spotted an owl
Wouldn't you like to know what it means?


Who was there first?
Who was there first the tree or the statue?


Queen Hatshepsut
Queen Hatshepsut at Luxor temple


Wish I could read it
Fascinating carving


Story of the kings
Story of the kings at Karnak temple


Giant column
Carving on a giant column

Galabia night
Our group dressing up night on the cruise

Edfu temple
Edfu temple was very impressive and it was my favorite temple


Edfu temple
Edfu temple, a well preserved site


Edfu temple
I got more and more intrigue with the cravings


Edfu temple
It was a busy day


Edfu temple
Still at Edfu temple.


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Egyptian woman
Local Egyptian woman


Edfu temple
A really magnificent site


Felucca
Very elegant Feluccas sailing on the Nile


KomOmboTemple
KomOmbo Temple at night visit


Felucca
We went sailing on the Felucca


Librarian
We were told that this figure was the Librarian. She was wearing leopard skin skirt and has 7 pointed stars on her head


Myra at Edfu Temple
Myra with a giant bird and a baby


Myra
Myra out side Edfu temple


Nat & Myra
Nat & Myra with a giant bird


Dressing up night
On Galabia night


Nat and Lilian
I was showing Lilian how do embroidery - she was good and I hope you will finish it L


Philae temple
Philae temple was under water for more than 70 years


Philae temple
Philae temple view from a boat


Pattern represents water on the Nile
Pattern represents water on the Nile

Owl
The worn craving because this temple was under water for more than 70 years


Philae temple
despite being under water for 70 years the Philae temple is still beautiful


Philae temple
Philae temple


Boat trip to Philea Temple
Robert and Myra on a boat trip to Philea temple


Shanon and Lilian
Shanon and Lilian dressing up night


Spice souq-Aswan
Spice souq in Aswan


Shoe shiner
Shoe shiner at work


The Odyssey group at Edfu temple
Our tour group at Edfu temple


West bank
West bank is where the Valley of the Kings locates


Face of Egypt
I decided that day I would take photo of faces (face of Egypt). This is Upama


Face of Egypt
Our Syrian friends and Assem

Face of Egypt
Winnie

Face of Egypt
Tour guide Assem

Face of Egypt
Chandana Khan from India


Face of Egypt
Nicima from Jaipur

Face of Egypt
Our fellow Syrian


Face of Egypt
A fellow tourist I met at Philae Temple


Face of Egypt
A boat man

Face of Egypt
A boat handler

Face of Egypt
The blue eyes dancer

Face of Egypt
Lilian from Sydney


Face of Egypt
Niyogi from LA

Face of Egypt
A Nubian boat man


Village along the Nile
Village scene along the Nile


Face of Egypt
From Philae Temple

Nubian dolls
Nubian wooden dolls

Face of Egypt
Myra on deck the Nile Odyssey


Face of Egypt
Nubian boat boy


Face of Egypt
 Shanon from Sydney  

Santas collection

My Santas collection is getting bigger each year!

Santa dear quilt
Santa dear quilt and some new members of the family

Santa dear quilt
A better picture

Miniature bears

I made these bears when my kids were young

More Santas

My new Santa for this year is the one holding a tree

Santa quilt

Santa quilt and Santa crazy quilt journal

Table quilt

Little Christmas quilt adds a nice touch

Angel in red

Angel corner

Angel in red

Angel in red and wreath

J O Y

J O Y Chinas goes well  on my cabinet

Christmas trees

These trees are new addition to my Christmas deco.

Stars quilt

Stars quilt in the hall way

Redwork tree

Redwork tree in my workroom

Another pic.

Another pic of the redwork tree

Main Christmas tree

The main tree in the living room

Close up short

Close up short of the tree

Christmas at work

Natima, Lavena and Nan with the Chirstmas tree at work

Nan and I

Nan and I with the tree at work

Library Chirstmas Lunch

Natima, Jocelyn, Nan and Kevin

Library Chirstmas Lunch

Kyra, Jane and Janine

Librarian award

CHR giving me the Librarian award

Library Chirstmas Lunch

David, Grahm and Paul

Work collegues

Work collegues

Rysa and I

Rysa and I with our Christmas tree

Library Chirstmas Lunch

Jocelyne, Nan, Kevin and Yoga