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Traffic, Pollution, Trash, Corruption – The 4 sins of Egypt

 Traffic, Pollution, Trash, Corruption  – The 4 sins of Egypt (there are more…) Note! Pictures taken from inside a moving car…window not open… we start with nice and easy pictures… this is a very common sight…he should be at school!? how about some cabbage for dinner… isn’t he talented?! what a businessman he is –

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moondance! stand up, move your body!

get ready stand up  click the button and move your body! my moon in Cairo… from BLOGitse on Vimeo.  not enough? Replay! 🙂 ooooooh, now you feel gooooood, right? Did you like the music? the rhythm?

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time for beauty in Cairo, Egypt… aika kauneudelle täällä Kairossa…

this is quite a beauty…or that’s what I think… I’ve read several bad news yesterday, today…and how about tomorrow? Yes, for sure. I want here something beautiful. For one day. I found again this web site where the content of the pictures is not that beautiful.  But you can choose if you want to check it out

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BBC News: Egypt cleric 'to ban full veils'..sama suomeksi Iltalehdessä

This article was published yesterday by BBC: Egypt cleric ‘to ban full veils’ The niqab has become increasingly popular among Egypt’s Muslim radicals. Egypt’s highest Muslim authority has said he will issue a religious edict against the growing trend for full women’s veils, known as the niqab. Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, dean of al-Azhar university, called

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"turbo bug mud blobs"… "turboötökän mutaleikki" oven pielessä…

This is the door to the garden. Look at that huge, about 5 cm long, “turbo bug” doing something but what? Tästä ovesta kuljemme pihalle. Katsokaa tuota isoa, noin 5 cm pituista, “turboötökkää” puuhissaan – mitä se tekee? It definitely left a sign but what is it? Start of a nest? I cleaned the wall.

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The Pharaonic Village in Cairo, Egypt

We visited here on Saturday. It was a great place for shooting photos… Please don’t ask my honest opinion about the place. Okay – it was a tourist trap. High prices. Our guided tour went through 4 shops (at least) where we had to stop. I didn’t see anybody buy anything. All in our group

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connecting people…

We got new yellow pages phone books…In Arabic version Nokia’s ad is big… Saimme kotiin keltaiset sivut. Nokia mainostaa isosti tässä arabian kielisessä versiossa… But in this version, in English, ad is only on the back of the book… Tähän englannin kieliseen versioon riitti selkämyksen mainos… Home delivery is very common and cheap here. Do

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back in Cairo! my home is here – where's yours? takaisin Kairossa! kotini on tällä hetkellä täällä – missä on sinun kotisi?

It was 6:44 when I shot these pictures of the morning sky in Helsinki, on Sunday leaving back to Cairo, Egypt… Kuvasin nämä Helsingin aamutaivaan kuvat klo 6:44 sunnuntaina. Olin satavalmis palaamaan kotiin Kairoon… High up it was cloudy and sunny…The trip went fine… Korkealla oli pilviä sekä aurinkoista… This morning at 6:40 the sun

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