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

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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 ,

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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.

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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 .

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

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

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SHOULD HAVE  UN IN THE FIRST  WORD

 

THE OTHER UNFAIR TRADE SHOP ON THE MAIN ROAD

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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.
 

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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.

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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.

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

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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

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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,

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TODAYS WORD IS ,  PAVEMENT,= A hard smooth surface, especially of a public area or thoroughfare, that will bear travel..

of cabbages and kings/donkeys,

A single rose grew in the middle of  the fields

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as does this child, the cabbages are a little bit bigger than him

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a few dew drops glisten  in the early morning sun

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this is a big cabbage so a few more dew drops glisten in the early morning sun,

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the donkey gets to sit in the ploughed Field while its master tends to the cabbage crop

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the Cattle egret gets to tend on the donkey  cleaning the annoying flies

while the female yellow wagtail watches out for the ones that land in the donkey poo.

this little donkey  is too near the road , and does not have a minder egret to get rid if the annoying flies but once I have gone the egret will return.

on my walk in the fields I could  see the new heritage centre is almost finished, 

so I took a walk around the cabbage fields took some shots of a few birds that I will share in my next blog, 
on my way home I took a few shots of the front of the new building, and some houses that will soon be demolished.

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for those of my followers who do not recognise this place well the roof  flat was my home for 2 years.

Already they are making the road wider. then the house will be demolished.
 today's word is

litigious - inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"

shark attack in egypt

 the human shark on board the boat was asked a question.
I was able to scare the shark away by blowing bubbles in its face, but then saw it swim to a woman and bite her legs.
maybe it did not like the Egyptian sharks breath  and that's why it attacked the tourist.

then we have four different stories of the attack,  must have been 4 attacks in different locations on the red  sea coast line of sharm

Egypt: 'Same Shark Attacks Four Swimmers'

Four Russian tourists have been attacked by a shark while swimming in the Red Sea close to their Egyptian beach hotels.

then the dailymail claims,

A female French tourist was attacked and killed by a shark while diving in a remote site off Egypt's Red Sea coast today.
It was the first fatal shark attack in the Arab country for five years, state media and a French embassy official said.
The woman's leg showed visible bite marks, and medics said she probably bled to death before being lifted to the surface.

A French female tourist has fallen  victim to the first fatal shark attack in Egypt for five years. She was diving off the Red Sea coast when it happened (file photo)

French embassy spokesman Jean-Marie Safa said: 'I can confirm that there is one French citizen killed by a shark in the Red Sea south of Marsa Alam.'
Marsa Alam is a remote southern dive spot on the Red Sea coast frequented by tourists hoping to avoid the crowds at more popular sites in the Sinai peninsula, where tourists flock in large numbers for the colourful coral reefs.
'This very rarely happens. It seems that the victim aggravated the shark or presented it with food, which caused a change in the shark's behaviour,' Amr Ali, the president of the Society for the Preservation of the Red Sea Environment, said.
Sharks are common in the area and tourists often take pictures, but attacks are rare.
The last person killed by a shark in Egypt was reportedly attacked while snorkelling near the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in 2004.
Egypt's Environment Ministry is looking to set up a natural reserve for the sharks near Marsa Alam, where it already has a similar reserve for dolphins.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1190366/Tourist-dies-Egypts-fatal-shark-attack-years.html#ixzz16xLrz3up

and these are not the only sharks that attack the tourists.

go to  http://bloodylyingbastards.blogspot.com/.

but because the sea sharks protect their territory a story breaks out.

I hope the person has a good insurance because she is going to get one hefty bill.  one helicopter to Cairo plus 1000£ per night in hospital bed fees,   its an act of god they will say.

is this true
A man was attacked by a shark just 40 ft from shore at beach resort in Egypt. James Elliott, 26, was having a swim in the waters off the Sharm El Sheikh resort in Egypt when he felt something grab his leg. During the frenzied attack, Elliott, suffered severe injuries, including a severed Achille’s tendon.
He was saved by a passing boat but may never walk properly again.

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Officials in Egypt have tracked down the shark responsible for THREE attacks along its coastline – but will not kill it, it was revealed today.

Authorities in the resort of Nama Bay, Sharm el Sheikh, reported an adult oceanic white tip shark was responsible for injuring three Russian tourists in attacks during the last 24-hours.
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism released a statement to all anxious British holidaymakers in the region yesterday.
They reported that they had tracked down the shark, but were trying to catch it and release it back into a remote area of the Gulf of Suez.
They added the resort – popular with thousands of Brits each year – had suspended all diving and water sports until Friday.
A statement read: “The MoT has announced that all beaches will be closed to the public and all water sports activities will be suspended until the end of the day tomorrow (2/12) along the whole of the Sharm el Sheikh coast.
“It has been reported that three Russian tourists have been attacked in three separate incidents in the last 24 hours in an area north of Nama Bay.
“The victims, one male and two females, are currently being treated in hospital.
“Officials from the South Sinai National Park have tracked down the shark in question – confirmed to be an adult oceanic white tip shark.
“The South Sinai National Park authority are currently attempting to capture the shark with the aim of releasing it back into the wild in a remote area in the Gulf of Suez.
“The chosen location will be in a safe distance from any tourist resorts in the Red Sea.”
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(AP)  An oceanic white tip shark badly mauled four Russian tourists swimming close to their beach hotels in two separate attacks at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a local conservation official said on Wednesday.

Director of Sinai Conservation Mohammed Salem said the shark attacked two Russians swimming in the Ras Nasrani area near the famed Sharm el-Sheikh resort in the Sinai Peninsula and bit their arms off.

The same shark may also have been involved in an attack on another pair of Russians on Tuesday swimming close to the resort beach, he added.

The shark badly injured a middle-aged woman's legs and back and bit off her hand. She had a heart attack and had to be resucitated at the hospital.

The second victim, a 70-year-old woman was found with her right hand and left leg torn off.

Diving instructor Hassan Salem (no related to Mohammed Salem) said he was on a dive at the same time of the attack and was circled by the same shark before it went after the couple.

"I was able to scare the shark away by blowing bubbles in its face, but then saw it swim to a woman and bite her legs," he told The Associated Press.

Salem said the water turned red with the blood from the attack, and he rushed to take the diver he was training out of the water.

All four victims were flown to Cairo for medical treatment and were in critical condition.

A spokesman for the Russian embassy in Cairo confirmed that two Russians were attacked Tuesday, but he was only aware of a single Ukranian involved in a shark attack the following day. The discrepancy could not be immediately explained.

Mohammed Salem said coast guard authorities were hunting for the shark and have issued a warning for swimmers to stay out of the water in Sharm el-Sheikh, a famed scuba diving destination.

He said Egypt sees one to two fatal shark attacks a year and they increase as the number of tourists and swimmers in the water rises.

crap.shit,junkmail, google could stop this ,

If you go to this site  from a tourists view of Luxor. this is what I put up with every time I leave my flat.
http://www.kalelmosaiah.com/2010/12/to-egypt-to-egypt.html





(Allah817) Welcome To Philosophy and Spirituality in Relation with Religion here we go in details with picture
here we go in details with pictures>  no do not click on  this is from a spam e-mail.  and all kinds of wierdos are useing facebook to scare the pants off us,
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&note_id=466048947270

All this crap stems from a German,  he was staying in the Sheik Tyeb home,  when he asked for my email  under the pretence he was asking for the sheik,  so if you happen to see this Muslim  German  looks like he is in an Irish  saint Patrick's outfit green body warmer and a white beard, be polite,  say hello  but do not give him your e mail.
15 of this spam again today, been told several times that the dam in Aswan is going to have an earthquake  so leave the area before I am drowned by the torrent of Nile polluted waters,
maybe that's true, but being a guy who knows God is not going to warn me of the end of the world. or my life.
anyway does not worry me   I can swim,   but thanks for the warning,  I will watch for the lights going off.  
uh,  the hydro electric is generated from the dam, so if the lights go out after a tremor.  I will put my swimming costume on. silly.




ah" well at least its not someone who says he can trust me, Must be like that woman the other day  that gets vibes from my e-mail address),while   holding 11'000.000 dollars in some bank for me, pretend to be the deceased relative he asks;  and I will send you the money,,  well I know I am a relation of the deceased,, we all come from Adam and Eve,  silly.

One more thing that puzzled me today.   what do we call people from Turkey?
And where did the turkey originate? 
I know I could look it up on the net but I have better things to do like getting some kip.

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fan-tailed cisticola. cisticola juncidis

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CATTLE EGRET,

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LITTLE WHITE EGRET

THE IBIS IN FLIGHT    http://birdinginegypt.blogspot.com/2010/09/glossy-ibis-plegadis-falcinellus.html.

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9 GREEN BOTTLES SITTING ON THE WALL

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 TOMORROW  CABBAGES ,DEW, AND A FEW MORE BIRDS FROM YESTERDAYS WALKABOUT