Finals Tonight! Egypt Is On Hold

Egyptians are totally crazy about football, soccer, whatever you want to call it. I'm on my way to a neighbour's to watch the Egypt/Ghana match in Angola for the Africa Cup. I'm not a football fan ordinarily, but to see if they can pull off the third Africa Cup win in a row...tonight I am! Like everyone else here.

Through The Gap

A child plays in an alleyway seen between two tombs in the City of the Dead. Families have been living in the tombs outside of Cairo for decades. I've often thought that despite the neighbours the circumstances were better for children than the crowded apartment buildings.

Waiting To Cross

He was standing in the street watching traffic intently. I have no idea where he's from or where he was going.

City Goat

I often compare New York where my kids live to Cairo where I live. I think we are more interesting. Would you find a woman sitting with her goat in Manhattan?

Laughing

The grey tone of the evening colours this shot of a woman laughing over at a neighbour as she finishes washing the dishes for the afternoon meal.

Kids Kidnapping Kids

We had five baby goats born not long ago. Now that they are old enough to bounce around like popcorn in the big goat/donkey/gamoosa pen they are irresistible to the middle school students who come to ride horses and donkeys here every Saturday morning. The four-footed kids don't seem to object to being cuddled and hugged by the two-footed kids.

A New Way of Walking

We were out riding when we noticed both a car and a horse coming towards us. It took a minute to realise that they were connected. Yet another interesting use of the automobile in Egypt...the horse was being led by a young man sitting on the back of the car.

Size 12's

Camel feet don't look like they belong on a mammal. To me they almost look birdlike or reptilian. Weird, huh?

Tight Fit

Yet another street photo from Cairo...I never tire of the bizarre behaviour of Cairenes with regard to vehicles. In this case the young men obviously didn't find a seat inside and decided to ride on the stairs. You see this quite a lot. The wonder is that they don't get scraped off on passing cars.

Making The Do

Egypt has a big television and film industry and you can run into them in the oddest places. I went to look at a local hotel for a friend of mine and found that there was a birthday party taking place by the pool and a television series being filmed in the garden. This hairdresser was working away in a corner of the pool area with a gas powered curling iron.