Your Egypt

Winky · Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 4586

:) How many times did you see sights like these ?
do you miss it ?

Hehe this is shot by an Egyptian Flickr friend of mine
He always finds the weird and wonderful ones :wink:

Sad reality of the Cairo Street children Selling paper tissues

:) A very familiar photo I bought goz/mohamas (nuts) from this guy before seeing a show of the whirlling dervishes

Crossing the traffic is like Russian Roulette
He made it !

Absolute favourite of the Nile by night
or day
This is BTW my own shot from my hotel room :)

http://www.alazharpark.com/index.htm

I visited this Park 3 times and spend many happy hours there

I pinched these photos from the Net but wanted to share my pleasure with you :) so I will have to delete them soon
:( Unfortunately I wasnt into photography much when I was there

Anybody going soon ? :cry: I miss it now
I miss my Egyptian friend who I always went on holidays with in Cairo
Not seen him for a year now but still in weekly contact

Ok
:) It was a nice visit back in time but its my bath/bedtime now
Nighty night :wink:

saffron · Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 2860 Location: Orange, Calf. USA

Well I could do without the men standing around in their pajamas! :smt043

Eastern girl · Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 760 Location: Cairo, Egypt

How are you winky? love the Azhar park shot, when i went there i was thinking how u can capture all the area in one shot, thanks for sharing, will send u some of M's photo soon :)

Louise · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 102

These are wonderful photos and they do remind me of happy times in and around Cairo. I took several of little boys riding donkeys which were completely covered in cargo. The fruit and spice markets are beautiful at night, full of color and fragrance and action! I still wear some of the gallabayahs I bought there. They are practical and comfortable and a fine invention!

Hoss · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2539 Location: Cairo, Egypt

saffron wrote: Well I could do without the men standing around in their pajamas! :smt043

Saffron,
Those are not Pyjamas..They are called " Galabyas", and it's a traditional Egyptian dress for men and women alike ( with differences in design between men and women of course) It's normally worn by people in villages and people in the city with traditional jobs...

Winky · Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 4586

Eastern girl wrote: How are you winky? love the Azhar park shot, when i went there i was thinking how u can capture all the area in one shot, thanks for sharing, will send u some of M's photo soon :)

Thanks :) I am good , but impatient to leave Spain which will be in about 2 weeks
Still lots to do before that :roll:

:) Just saw the photos
I love his smile and he has grown so much in a few months
Was your mum with you in Ain Shokna ?
I bet it was fantastic to have her with you ,now she is uptodate again
Dont be sad now hey ? :wink:

Quote: These are wonderful photos and they do remind me of happy times in and around Cairo. I took several of little boys riding donkeys which were completely covered in cargo. The fruit and spice markets are beautiful at night, full of color and fragrance and action! I still wear some of the gallabayahs I bought there. They are practical and comfortable and a fine invention!

Louise thanks :) why not post some of your photos here
I would enjoy looking at them :wink:

Louise · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 102

We took videos, Winky. So I can hear the camels bellowing in the market and I can hear the children and their parents selling wares in the market.

My friend took videos as we drove through the streets of Cairo and as we rode on the Nile ship. We went very early in the morning to Hatshepsut's temple and walked alone there. The video shows only our shadows and we hear chirping of little birds. I can still hear the little boys singing as they caught the wind in their small felucas, dodging rocks in the river at Aswan. I can still hear us all laughing as we made our way in the dark through the passages under the figures at Abu Simbel (the lights went out. :lol: and we had to "feel" our way.)

These are wonderful memories but they are difficult to share on the internet.

Winky · Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 4586

Louise wrote: We took videos, Winky. So I can hear the camels bellowing in the market and I can hear the children and their parents selling wares in the market.

My friend took videos as we drove through the streets of Cairo and as we rode on the Nile ship. We went very early in the morning to Hatshepsut's temple and walked alone there. The video shows only our shadows and we hear chirping of little birds. I can still hear the little boys singing as they caught the wind in their small felucas, dodging rocks in the river at Aswan. I can still hear us all laughing as we made our way in the dark through the passages under the figures at Abu Simbel (the lights went out. :lol: and we had to "feel" our way.)

These are wonderful memories but they are difficult to share on the internet.

....smells and sounds :) mm yes I too can recall those of Cairo and beyond 8)

Louise not difficult :) there is a huge video sharing community on the Net
this is the biggest
http://www.youtube.com/

sheress · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2 Location: USA

Just returned from a 3 week stay in Alexandria, Damietta & Hurghada and I miss it already.

I don't miss it enough to move there full time; however with situation with USA not being free with visas my male friend cannot get visa to come here..and I don't want to move there full time..so there is no easy solution for this 50 something couple who only want to be together for the rest of our lives. Marriage is not an option...I prefer to remain single.

We already risked a lot legally by staying together as man and wife without a contract.

No future for us I guess but I do love Egypt..and those pictures were so great...brings it all back to me again.

Winky · Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 4586

sheress wrote: Just returned from a 3 week stay in Alexandria, Damietta & Hurghada and I miss it already.

I don't miss it enough to move there full time; however with situation with USA not being free with visas my male friend cannot get visa to come here..and I don't want to move there full time..so there is no easy solution for this 50 something couple who only want to be together for the rest of our lives. Marriage is not an option...I prefer to remain single.

We already risked a lot legally by staying together as man and wife without a contract.

No future for us I guess but I do love Egypt..and those pictures were so great...brings it all back to me again.

:) Welcome on board Sheress

I suppose in your case an urfi marriage would be an option
http://marriage.about.com/od/islammarriage/g/urfi.htm
Just so you dont get in trouble ..
a solution would be to buy a small place where ever he lives and go for long periods

:P On the other hand :roll:
:) Find a man in the States
its allot cheaper :wink:

Meanwhile ....

Here are some of Alex Hurghada and Damietta to keep your memories alive

BTW :? Did you see Seabird ?
I lost him temporarily

To each his own...
just another apartment building

Montaza Palace
like an oasis with beautiful gardens

Only in Egypt....
A house along the Desert Road (Alexandria)
Now
Guess how old this house is ?

Damietta corniche
:? How did you like Damietta ?

This job is so easzeezzzzz 8)

Only in Hurghada 8)
the telephone wiring for an apartment building :arrow:

Hurghada
Not much of a town ...
:roll:

Calories Lots of calories ! :shock:

From the Red Sea you get red fishes !

You limousine is waiting Mam

:!: warning..

:P Thank you for visiting Hurghada
Au Revoir

Hurghada Airport

Hoss · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2539 Location: Cairo, Egypt

Winky,
The Montazah Palace and gardens are just beautiful 8)
I wonder how old the Palace on the Cairo-Alex road is! :roll: I might have seen it or not :oops:

What about Viagra? :lol:

Winky · Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 4586

Hoss wrote: Winky,
The Montazah Palace and gardens are just beautiful 8)
I wonder how old the Palace on the Cairo-Alex road is! :roll: I might have seen it or not :oops:

What about Viagra? :lol:

Quote: Winky,
The Montazah Palace and gardens are just beautiful
8) They are Hoss
Have you visited the gardens ?

Although the Montazah Palace is closed to the public (its one of the residences of Mubarak, he uses it to meet up with foreign dignitaries)
you can visit the Salamlek Hotel which used to be King Farouks residence and like the other
ancient historical palaces all around Egypt ( Winter Palace/Luxor, Old Cataract /Aswan, the Mena House and Marriott in Cairo)
it has been turned into an hotel
or for a modern hotel right at the edge of the Mediterranean but in the Montazah Palace gardens stay in the Palestine Hotel
http://www.solimantravel.co.uk/HotelHelnanPalestine.htm

Montazah means (broadly speaking) garden
:? Like with so many Arabic words you can not translate it literally
It is one of the most beautiful places in Alex,on a par with the Al Azhar gardens in Cairo

Quote: I wonder how old the Palace on the Cairo-Alex road is!
I might have seen it or not
Hoss :roll:
Its not a Palace its a private house !
It took 5 years to build from 1995 till 2000 and since that time they have been working on the interior
A shot from the entrance:

you must admit :P
the architect (brother of th owner) has imagination !

:? I wonder if that is Eva, clutching that apple ?

Hoss asked :arrow:
Quote: What about Viagra?
No thanks :smt051
Not as long as there is yoga !
( zanbak ala ganbak :lol: )

:!: PS

Guess where this is ?
Someone I know adores this place and probably sat in one of those chairs enjoying his Nescafe !

:) To give you a hint his name starts with an S :wink:

Katrina · Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 991 Location: USA

Winky this is an interesting collection of pictures. Some of them are very beautiful, some of them are very odd, like the windows of an apartment building. I can see you do like Egypt. I hope it is ok to ask you this question. Not knowing precisely your nationality :lol: ( we all gave up on asking or figuring it out, it is up to you), but why do you have such an interest in Egypt to a point of missing it? I mean you are traveling the world (as far as anybody can see), so out of all places, you seem to love Egypt, unless of course you take a keen interest and equal participation in respedctive forums of ALL countries you have been voyaging for years (we presume). Why do you have the most interest/love for/nostalgia (it seems you do have :wink: ) for Egypt?

I hope it is an ok question to ask 8)

sheress · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2 Location: USA

I was not so very impressed with Damietta as we were staying in a very poor section and the apartment building was very nasty around it. More like a low income housing but that is where his company placed him while he is heading up a project there. He is architectural engineer and is working on new buildings in New Damietta City.

I love Alexandria and was actually thinking of buying a small place there. There is a 1 bedroom flat in Sidy Bishr that I can buy for around 40000 ep and it would need another 10000 ep worth of work but it's a nice little place.

We'll see what happens. I love Egypt but I love my man more...unfortunately I just don't see things working for us :(

As for finding man in USA..you're probably right..lots cheaper haha...

Hoss · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 2539 Location: Cairo, Egypt

Winky wrote:

Quote: Winky,
The Montazah Palace and gardens are just beautiful
8) They are Hoss
Have you visited the gardens ?

I have been there before...really beautiful...

Although the Montazah Palace is closed to the public (its one of the residences of Mubarak, he uses it to meet up with foreign dignitaries)
you can visit the Salamlek Hotel which used to be King Farouks residence and like the other
ancient historical palaces all around Egypt ( Winter Palace/Luxor, Old Cataract /Aswan, the Mena House and Marriott in Cairo)
it has been turned into an hotel
or for a modern hotel right at the edge of the Mediterranean but in the Montazah Palace gardens stay in the Palestine Hotel
http://www.solimantravel.co.uk/HotelHelnanPalestine.htm

Montazah means (broadly speaking) garden
:? Like with so many Arabic words you can not translate it literally
It is one of the most beautiful places in Alex,on a par with the Al Azhar gardens in Cairo

Montazah is the place where people have "nozha", which is a "picnic"

Quote: I wonder how old the Palace on the Cairo-Alex road is!
I might have seen it or not
Hoss :roll:
Its not a Palace its a private house !
It took 5 years to build from 1995 till 2000 and since that time they have been working on the interior
A shot from the entrance:

you must admit :P
the architect (brother of th owner) has imagination !

:? I wonder if that is Eva, clutching that apple ?

It seems that it's probably eve grapping an apple and ready to seduce Adam :lol:

Hoss asked :arrow:
Quote: What about Viagra?
No thanks :smt051
Not as long as there is yoga !
( zanbak ala ganbak :lol: )

Yoga is a safe alternative :wink:

:!: PS

Guess where this is ?
Someone I know adores this place and probably sat in one of those chairs enjoying his Nescafe !

:) To give you a hint his name starts with an S :wink:

That must be seabird :wink: