As I mentioned the other day, I’m traveling overseas this winter! Again! First I’m going back to Egypt to visit a friend and to do a short Arabic course, then I’m flying to China. My brother conveniently moved there last year to work so now I can go visit and use him as a free [...]
Here’s a reprint of a post I did for the Women Marines Association blog this fall: ——————————————————————- I’ve been so busy with school this semester that I haven’t had a lot of time to do much writing, but here is a short story and two photos from Cairo, Egypt, where I was stationed for my [...]
Cairo, March 2009 A camel at the Giza pyramids. He was probably being ridden by one of those obnoxious men who follow you around with their camel and try to harass you into taking a camel ride. No thanks…
Cairo, March 2009 I bet you don’t see this view of the Sphinx very often: its butt and tail!
Cairo – March 2009 This isn’t a very good picture, I took it from inside the car and across the street, but I think it’s funny: Arabic grafitti and then “BOB”. Ha.
Cairo – March 2009 This was taken at a St. Patrick’s Day party, and this partygoer was slightly distracted by the bikinis on TV.
Cairo – March 2009 This is a bar in downtown Cairo where they calculate your tab based on the number of empty bottles on your table.
Khan el-Khalili, Cairo – April 2009 I’m jumping ahead a bit in my catch-up-on-posting-Egypt-photos mission, but this one is for an “iHeartFaces” photo contest. This week’s theme is “blue” (the color) and I think this photo qualifies! Plus I think it is very sweet. They were about to go down a flight of stairs and [...]
Old, new, mistakes, discarded, forgotten, dusty metal objects in a metal shop in the Khan. Khan el-Khalili, Cairo – March 2009
Women can’t go in all mosques, but I could go in this one. I don’t remember the name of it though… Cairo – March 2009
Giant piles of wool. Women’s clothes. Lots of fruit! No idea what these are… These were from the market area on the other side of the street from the touristy Khan el-Khalili. I don’t know if that area has a separate name or not. Cairo – March 2009
There’s a coffee shop chain in Cairo called “Cilantro”. I only went there once, a few months after I arrived, and never went back again, partly because an easily-available opportunity never arose and partly because the waiter pissed me off. REALLY pissed me off. I was still in “cool a new country everything is cool!” [...]
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