Not sure why everyone that shows me around insists that they take photos of me with the scenery (bleh, not my best side here) . . . but here I am standing at a vantage point of the minaret for the ibn Tulun mosque (yes, I climbed up I think 4 levels on the staircase that spiralled around the outside of the minaret . . . OMG, LOL, not a very safe one by our standards because it was open with a not very high wall on the side). You can see in the distance The Citadel, which is one of the highest points in Cairo.