Dust in the wind

One of the reasons I couldn't get too many pictures is that a big dust storm blew in on the day when I walked around ancient Cairo. While it was kinda cool to experience my first dust storm, the last thing Cairo needs is more crap in the air. I swear, if you walk around for an hour you must breathe about 3 pounds of particulate matter. Combine that with noxious exhaust fumes and smokers galore, and it's a wonder that half the city doesn't have black-lung disease. Anyway, this is the view from the balcony of my hotel room down the Nile before the storm...



...and this is the same exact view when the storm rolled in: