I AM COMING HOME!!!!

i was on the bus yesterday, heading to cairo from the western desert villages, and the bus went past the great pyramids of giza. i sat in the bus looking out the dirty window at these wonders that just a month ago i was so excited to see. and so many pictures ran through my head. of so many things that i have seem and heard and smelled and felt here. so many images....madness! and through all of this, as i looked at the pyramids that now seemed like a normal sight to me....i knew that i was ready to go home. 2 months away is enough this time. i got a nice hotel room in cairo and e mailed my daughter meg, who, as per normal, got my tickets all changed and done. (she is such a blessing) so i fly out in about 12 hours and i will be joining the rest of the vancouverites in bitching about the the weather!!

see yah!

THE MUD BRICK VILLAGES

it was a wonderful experience to wander through the village and wander through time. it feels like no one lives there and then you hear a baby crying and you know that this is still home to many.
to us it looks uninhabitable. but to them it is what they have always known. i notice that in the desert and in many parts of this country people work slow and steady. they are resting at least as often as they are working, dividing their day, keeping their strength.
i can understand how they cant believe the pace that we generaly move at! it seems as bizzarre to them as theirs does to us. but of course we all have our ways and the joy of travelling is seeing and understanding 'their' ways.
nameste

THE MAN IN BLACK IS MY NEW FRIEND SAM. HE SHOWED ME ALL AROUND THE VILLAGES...and all he wants in return is to marry my daughter!!

Just had to catch the bumble bee in action!

some of the faces of people who live in the old desert villages....beautiful, friendly people

seriously, one of the cleaner unisex public bathrooms!!

SWEETLY SINGS THE DONKEY..my ass! i suprised this guy and he went NUTS! look at his face...ah, what an awful sound!!