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Some
reading material while the pictures load below.
August 17,
2002 - I
write this note in a fog. The neighbors rooster lives about 100ft below our
window and began his wake
up call at 3:00am this morning. It's a full moon and I can
only assume this put the little guy into a spin. There I was, my ears and mind all out of whack. My body says it's sleep time, my ears are
are telling me to get up. My
ears won.
August 20,
2002 - Without speaking Arabic, going to the grocery store is
something else. It's a trip buying a plastic wrapped
pre-packaged meal simply because it has a picture of a chicken on it.
Then praying to
god it's chicken as you take your first bite.
August 25,
2002 - Earthquake,
4.4, north of Cairo about 22km. Big concrete buildings really
do sway!
August 30,
2002 - The last of the World Trade Center steal wreckage arrived in Tanzania this week. The US sold it to Tanzania
who's primary
industry is steal. The site workers observed 2 minutes
of silence everyday before they began melting it down. I never
considered
that side of 9/11.
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Golfing at a seven star hotel-resort, not more than 7 miles
from the poorest of poor. Still haven't wrapped my head around
this one. Their fairway condo's are more like castles and governors
mansions. This was a strange day. |
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My golf partner for the afternoon. Mark Anderson, he's here
with his wife and daughter. Both teachers at CAC, their
daughter is attending CAC.
We more or
less spent the entire round trying to figure out, what we were
doing on this golf course in the middle of a third world
country. Strange Day.
We shot 6
over in a Texas best ball scramble.
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Cairo life. A common street scene.
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This picture
captures life in Cairo.
1) A man sitting down, talking
on his cell phone, in customary robe.
2) A man drinking a Pepsi.
In a returnable glass bottle. You must return them, they are
very serious about this.
3) A women walking into a "pet" store where you pick
your selection and they butcher it right in front of you.
Selections this day, are chickens, bunnies and
ducks. Animal cages are on the left of the photo.
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Peaches new friends. (street dogs)
The black one heading towards
me and Peach does not like our little princess. We bolted around
the corner moments after this shot. Ok, we didn't have to bolt.
But "bandit" appears to be the street alpha male. And,
yes, we've named them all.
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Notice Peach's ears on the left looking on.
This little guy is named "Tanner". In fact I've been informed that if
he is seen again,
Peach will have a new friend. He looks like Peach, only
"tanner." get it....
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Later that evening...
And, yes, that is the dogs own plate.
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The Wadi Wompers.
Teachers who
enjoy running up and down mountains and rock quarries. Sharp
rocks everywhere. Basically, old river beds in the desert.
This area is
East of Maadi about a 15 minute drive.
Runners and Walkers welcome.
No injuries today.
We venture out into the great nowhere and end up back here for a
Sakara Gold!
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Sea shells are everywhere in the desert, even on top of the
"mountains."
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 The
scene from the a high point in the "Wadi." We started
somewhere down by the dried up water way on the left in the far
distance. (it looks like a road)
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Outside our flat waiting for a cab..
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The city
volleyball tournament at CAC.
 Faculty
vs. Faculty for 2nd place.
The high school kids eventually beat us in the final
championship round.
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Off we head into the desert on a Saturday morning.
Riding horseback with some fellow teachers at CAC. They actually
ride. It's quite a site to see a man riding a horse 30+ miles
per hour through the desert kicking up sand behind him. He
looked like Indiana Jones. I may have a new dream and goal.
Chan and I, we
just putzed along.
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Sand
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Great
posture.
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 I've
messed with the color balance in this shot so I could show the
Pyramids. They didn't photograph to well that morning.
Non-the-less, the impact was there.
These are the
famous Giza Pyramids. Of the 80 pyramids remaining in Egypt,
these are the ones that make the covers of the magazine's,
movies, etc. The center pyramid with the crown still on it, used
to be covered in gold or some version of gold paint. You can
also see 2 of the 3 smaller "queens" Pyramids in the
left front.
On very clear
days, we can see the right most pyramid from our living room.
(very faint however)
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Back at the ranch.
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peace!
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