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Much ado about nothing – Pharaohs, part 1.

Posted in Middle East, Trip, tagged Abu Simbel, archaeology, Aswan, Backpacking, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian religion, Hieroglyphs, history, Isis, maikusasi, Middle East, Pharaohs, Pyramids, Sphinks, Temple of Philae, tourism, video on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In Cairo, everyone wants baksheesh – money. And preferably without doing anything. We were walking in a middle class neighborhood, when a decently dressed young man walked by. He had one look to my blond hair, and I could hear the click in his head. Eyes lid, hand opened, and ‘baksheesh’ came out of his [...]

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