1000Places : Popular Photos : ASWAN - WHERE EGYPT BEGINS – We landed after dark in Aswan, so it wasn't until dawn the next morning when we could get our first look at the city. In antiquity, Aswan was considered the “front door” of Egypt because the Egyptians always oriented themselves to the south toward the source of the Nile. <br><br>- powered by SmugMug

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1000places > ATHENS, GREECE - Some say the Parthenon is more striking from a distance...less obvious construction cranes, a more dramatic setting. But we found the "up-close" view to be just as spectacular.

1000places > ASWAN - WHERE EGYPT BEGINS – We landed after dark in Aswan, so it wasn't until dawn the next morning when we could get our first look at the city. In antiquity, Aswan was considered the “front door” of Egypt because the Egyptians always oriented themselves to the south toward the source of the Nile.

1000places > BORA BORA, POLYNESIA - ... to late evening sunsets.

1000places > BORA BORA, POLYNESIA - And yes, Bora Bora has some of the best Tahitian dance performances of all the islands.

1000places > YAXHA, GUATEMALA - In the Mayan language, Yaxha means "green water." It may be one of the largest Maya cities discovered so far in the lowland jungles of the Peten. But only a few of its pyramids have been uncovered and restored.

1000places > MACHU PICCHU, PERU - Along some of the pathways, we encountered these strange carved rocks protruding from the stone walls. Were they positioned to hold torches? Or did they serve another purpose? No one knows.

1000places > MACHU PICCHU, PERU - "It fairly took my breath away," said Hiram Bingham when on July 24, 1911, he stumbled onto the first traces of the site. Nearly a century later, it had the same effect on us.

1000places > ATHENS, GREECE - Another view of the Erechtheum on the Acropolis.

1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Central among the Delphi ruins is the Temple of Apollo, first built around the 7th century B.C., rebuilt after a fire in the 6th century B.C., destroyed in 373 B.C. by an earthquake, and rebuilt for a third time in 330 B.C. Today only the foundation and six doric columns remain.

ASWAN - WHERE EGYPT BEGINS – We landed after dark in Aswan, so it wasn't until dawn the next morning when we could get our first look at the city. In antiquity, Aswan was considered the “front door” of Egypt because the Egyptians always oriented themselves to the south toward the source of the Nile.