LOOKING AT EGYPT THROUGH MY LENS: PAVEMENTS IN LUXOR EGYPT

I HAD TO GO TO THE BANK, TO BE PRECISE THE ATM IN BANK DE CAIRO.

AND THE REASON WHY I MADE THIS POST.

MY BACK WAS PLAYING UP AGAIN BUT NEEDS MUST AS I CANNOT GET CREDIT IN MY LOCAL SHOP. NOT THAT I WOULD HAVE CREDIT EVEN IF I COULD.

SO OFF I WENT ITS ONLY HALF A KILOMETRE SO A NICE SLOW WALK, THE ONLY THING I CARRIED WAS MY WALLET AND SOME LOOSE CHANGE , THE WALK WAS A NIGHTMARE WHEN I GOT BACK I HAD TO TAKE MY TABLETS FOR THE PAIN. MOST OF THIS WALK ONE CANNOT WALK ON THE ROAD AND HAS TO USE THE PAVEMENTS MY NEXT WALK TO THE BANK I WILL TAKE THE CAMERA,. THESE PHOTOS ARE ALL DUG OUT OF THE ARCHIVES.

THE GOVERNOR OF LUXOR SAYS LUXOR IS THE CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE WORLD.

THE REASON WE HAVE NARROW PAVEMENTS ,

THEY ARE AREAS WHERE THE TOUT CAN STAND TO GIVE YOU A LISTING OF WHAT IS ON OFFER, HERE HE HAS THE UPPER HAND YOU EITHER STOP TO LISTEN TO HIS GARBAGE OR YOU GET OFF THE PAVEMENT INTO THE TRAFFIC. OR AS MOST WILL DO IS PUSH PAST HIM, THEN OUT COMES THE VERBAL F-KIN TOURIST WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM IN SOME CASES THEY WILL RESORT TO VIOLENCE.

THE TOURIST TRAP

3 SHOTS FROM LAST MONTHS POST

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE ANY TOURIST BRAVE ENOUGH TO PUT UP WITH THE HASSLE HAS TO WALK TO GET TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE LUXOR TEMPLE,

HERE THE PAVEMENT NARROWS AND THE POWERS THAT BE HAVE STUCK A POLE IN THE CENTRE OF THE NARROWEST AREA MAYBE ITS TO STOP THE TOURISTS FROM SPEEDING THE CURB TO GET ON THE ROAD IS SOME 18" HIGH AND PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS HEIGHT OF STEP UNLESS WE CARRY A LADDER WITH US, OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS I HAVE OBSERVED THIS ONE PARTICULAR DRIVER WHO USES THIS AREA WHERE THE TOURIST HAS TO STOP TO DECIDE ! DO I GO AROUND THE POLE OR GET DOWN ON THE ROAD , BUT ME I DECIDE TO TELL THE GUY TO MOVE SO I CAN GET THROUGH, PROBLEM WAS I AS HE KNEW HAD BEEN IN THE HAMEES GARDEN DRINKING A COUPLE OF BEERS ( ITS MY BIRTHDAY SO WHY NOT)

BUT IF I MADE ANY TROUBLE FOR HIM HE WOULD CALL THE POLICE AND SAY I WAS DRUNK, AND ONES BIRTHDAY IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO SPEND IN A POLICE STATION,

SO I JUST BARGED PAST HIM ,

EXCUSE ME HE SAID I NEED TO KNOW . I TURNED AROUND AND TOOK ANOTHER PHOTO

THEN WE HAVE THE BEGGARS WHO COMMAND THE PAVEMENTS

STICK READY FOR ANY AGGRESSION.

THIS POOR GUY SITS OUTSIDE THE MOSQUE AND BEATS THE DRUM ALL DAY THATS WHEN HE IS NOT SLEEPING.

DOES NOT MOVE ABOUT TOO MUCH JUST PUTS HIS LEGS OVER THE CURB TO URINATE,

NOTICE THE WET PATCH IN THE ROAD

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THE PAVEMENTS ALSO ARE A GOOD FLAT PLACE TO PUT THE BOXES. MOST OF THESE HAVE SOME REAL NICE PAINTINGS ON AND THE TOURIST THINK THEY ARE PHARAOH COFFINS .

THEN THERE IS ALL THE STREET WORK WHERE THE PAVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DUG UP TO CROSS THE RAIL LINES

BREAD AND BREAKFAST FOOD BARS ALSO HAVE PRIDE AND PLACE ON PAVEMENTS

SHOULD HAVE UN IN THE FIRST WORD

THE OTHER UNFAIR TRADE SHOP ON THE MAIN ROAD

NOT SURE BUT I THINK THERE IS RESTAURANT NEAR HERE OWNED BY AN EGYPTIAN CALLED, EDRIS GROUP,

ONCE IN THE RESTAURANT ON THE NILE BANK YOU CAN FILL YOUR LUNGS WITH THE FUMES FROM THE CRUISE SHIPS OR TAKE PHOTOS OF THE BOATS AS THE VIEWS OF THE NILE WILL BE HAZY ,,, WHAT VIEWS OF THE NILE,,,

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THEY ALSO HAVE BBQ'S ON THE PAVEMENT TO ADD TO THE HAZE.

EVEN IN THE BACK STREETS THE CURB STONES ARE USED TO SAVE THE BAGS GETTING WET,

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THE POLICE AND SECRET POLICE STAND GUARD OVER THE PAVING CURBS

WE CAN SMOKE WATER PIPES ON THE PAVEMENT.

NEED TO BE AN ACROBAT TO WALK ON THIS CURB.

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THE PAVEMENT IS ALSO A PLACE WHERE THE SKINS OF SKINNED SHEEP REST FOR A DAY . BEFORE BEING PICKED UP.

like this pretty girl. no one has told her pavements IN LUXOR are not for pedestrians,

then she pewked on the pavement,

PS, I HAD JUST GONE TO BED AS I WAS FEELING TIRED FROM THE EVENING WALK TO THE BANK , WHEN I HAD A KNOCK ON MY DOOR. LEFT THE HALL LIGHT ON MR TONY.
GOOD GOD I SAID, CRIME OF ALL CRIMES. ALREADY MR SCROOGE MY LANDLORD.

HAS TAKEN A BULB OUT COS I LEFT THE LIGHT ON BEFORE. NOW THIS IS NOT YOUR NORMAL LIGHT. ITS THE NEAREST ONE CAN GET TO A DARK BULB I.E. 8 WATT PYGMY LIGHT. THE SWITCH IS NOT IN THE NORMAL PLACE I.E. NEXT TO THE DOOR OPENING,

ITS BEHIND A WALL UNIT SO ONE TENDS TO FORGET HE HAS LEFT THE LIGHT ON. AND ALL THIS IS BECAUSE MY ELECTRIC BILL OF 20 EGP PER MONTH IS IN THE RENT, AH WELL.
AND WHILE I AM UP I WILL SHOW YOU SOME MORE PICS FROM THE CULTURAL CENTRE OF THE WORLDS PAVEMENTS.

SANTA IS IN TOWN HE GETS PRIDE AND PLACE ON THE PAVEMENT

THE FURNITURE GETS PAINTED ON THE PAVEMENT OUTSIDE MY FLAT.

هدى خليل تتبنى مطالب واحتياجات أهالى الجواهرة Hoda Khalil embrace the demands and needs of the people Jawahrp SHE ALSO HAS A POSTER THAT TAKES UP THE PAVEMENT

DA THE ISLAMIC BR

MUST BE A ZEBRA IN THE BUSHES

NOT SO FUNNY THIS IS A JUNIOR SCHOOL GATE ALL THE KIDS COME OUT DIRECT ON TO THE MAIN ROAD CROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC STEP ON TO THE MIDDLE RESERVATION BEFORE TAKING THE ZEBRA CROSSING DIRECT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM A SIDE ROAD,