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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
- Bes, god-demon of protection, childbirth and entertainment had the body of a dwarf and the head of a lion. I really liked the story a lot more when Waseem told me he was the god of adultry and thus very important but in searching online I can't verify that.
-According ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
I've got to say it:
I went in the toy store at the Cairo Airport and saw the new Barbies- Fashion Fever Barbie is not a role model for young girls. Please look at this: http://barbie.everythinggirl.com/catalog/productbrd.aspx?sku=L8427
Secondly, Fulla, the Arabic version of Barbie has a "Morning Prayers" doll that was right next ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Okay okay, okay, I know that Egypt is the Disney Land of History and that I should be in awe and that it makes me a bad person for saying this, buttt I don't care: I AM SO HAPPY TO NOT BE THERE ANYMORE! And to top it off I ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
-In Egypt, if you are indoors there are only two temperatures- extremely hot or extremely cold. This accounts for trains, tour buses, and hotel rooms- AC is either on blast or nonexistent.
-When Locals find out I'm from America there are two replies- "Welcome to Arizona!" or the more witty, ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
The hotel managers insist on having someone go with me when I want to go somewhere after dark so food has been limited...
Day 1
Breakfast from my hotel- Piece of bread and jam
Lunch/dinner- All-You-Can-Eat Buffet... Not as awesome as it sounds...
Dessert- All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet... An assortment of jellos...
Day 2
Tricky Egytians gave me a ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
But so did everyone else!
As I mentioned earlier, Haytham, the manager at the Rotana Palace Hostel, was quick to organize my adventure here in Egypt. He knew his stuff and I was genuinely impressed- the most helpful hostel worker I've met so far.
Not long after parting ways with Cairo ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
You have to read this story- if I tried to summarize it I couldn't do it justice! It's kinda long but stick with it- great story- goddess of magical power (among other things)- who wouldn't like to be her friend?!
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/mythisis.htm
This is the Temple of Isis on the Philae island ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Every one has them. Only so many of us admit to them.
So here I am in the backseat of a Camry driving to Giza to see the pyramids with my Egyptian tour guide, Waseem, and driver, Ahmed, and my guide is telling me what the tour options include. (Please ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
So aside from ",What is your name?" and "Where are you from?" the question I get asked most in Egypt is "Are you married?".
"Of course, I am married!"
"You can't be married; you are too young!"
"Yes, I am. I got married right after graduation."
"To your high school sweetheart?" (Where do they ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
I thought my posts about Egypt were going to turn out to be rather boring. I have 5 days here and the manager of my hostel has kindly planned each day out for me- he has literally planned all 24 hours of each day. Plus, the hostel here ...
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