Tag Archives: Egypt
The Unknowns
Are you as addicted to the printed word as I am? If it’s there, I’ll read it. Or, if I don’t speak the language, try to read it. There are plaques are on either side of a building in the Zarmalek area of Cairo. The low-level brass caught my eye, as did the fact the […]
More Than Anger?
From the front it is just another car. But there’s a warning to those driving behind. I saw this car parked in a Cairo neighborhood and was left with qustions. The first being, I wonder what percentge of people here read and understand English? Then I wondered, is the driver suggesting he or she is […]
No Photos!
“No photos!” The security guard shouted as I pointed my camera at the obelisk across the street. I had been assured previously that pictures were allowed, but I had no desire to get involved in a shouting match with someone who spoke no English So I moved across the street, closer to the structure. The […]
Big Mythical Creature
It must be frustrating to plan the trip of a lifetime and have your photos ruined by events outside your control. Like renovations. Visitors to Ottawa the past few years have seen the iconic Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings with scaffolding and boards. It’s probably going to be another decade before the renovations are […]
Northern Sunrise
Every August I take a picture of the sunrise in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Thsy annual tradition usually involves being on the beach by six a.m. Today’s pictures are a different sunrise, thousands of miles away and an hour earlier, local time in Abu Shineina (or so the weather app on my phone described it) […]
What Is This?
Any suggestions? It was on a Mediterranean beach, about an hour west of Alexandria, Egypt, near El Alamein (site of a famous World War Two battle). When I saw it from a distance I thought it might be some sort of beach chair anchored in the sand for anyone to use. Beside it was a […]
More Camels
Looking through the pictures I took at the Giza pyramids, I realize that I didn’t take any of camels with the pyramids in the background. Who knows what I was thinking. It would have been an iconic shot. In my defence, I wasn’t there to see camels. I wanted to see the pyramids, and that […]
Camels Everywhere
I suppose it could be seen as the ultimate tourist experience. I passed on it. It has been more than 40 years since the last time I was on horseback, but I remember what the experience eas like. My guess is a camel would be less comfortable – and I can’t say I find horses […]
The Ruins
The past is everywhere when you visit Cairo. Not surprising – the city and country have a recorded history that goes back for millennia. I’d never heard of Said Halim Pasha until I saw these ruins as I walked along a downtown Cairo street. We weren’t sightseeing as such, just moving from Point A to […]
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