I’m finally recuperating from jet lag and general travel exhaustion after a two week whirlwind adventure through Israel, Jordan and Egypt. I still have hundreds of images to sort through, but here are a few of my favorites from the trip.

The surprisingly ubiquitous camel, which we saw everywhere from the desolate wilds of the Sinai to the busy streets of Cairo.

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One of the pyramids at Giza, photographed early in the morning just as the fog was lifting.

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We were able to take a short break in the middle of the trip and spent an afternoon watching kiteboarders and windsurfers tearing it up along the coast of Israel. The mountains in the background are in Jordan.

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On the left is a Bedouin musician we met at a camp near Wadi Musa in southern Jordan. On the right, a pilgrim is lost in meditation in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

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My intrepid travel partner, Colby, photographed at the beautiful Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Cairo.