August 2008
Marcel and his daughters Kim
and Anneliese in Marsá
al 'Alam (Marsa Alam), Egypt
Happy traveler Liesey, adding
yet another stamp to her crowded passport (Netherlands, Canada, Belgium,
Brazil, France, Luxembourg,
Spain, Andorra, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Israel, and now Egypt).
At her age (20) I was still
four years away from leaving the US for the first time.
the resort where they stayed
is about five hours south of Cairo, across the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia
Marsa Alam is on the Tropic
of Cancer and so has a tropical climate complete with palm trees and mangroves
the beach at the resort
hotel lobby
bed made up prettily
The Red Sea (watch out for
that coral, girls! both Liese and Kim got cut up on the reefs)
Marcel, Anneliese and Kim
in the pool (it's safer there!)
view of the pool bar
chillin' at the pool bar
Kim and Liese by the fountain
walking around outside the
resort
girls at the bazaar, La Casa
Italiana
hookahs
for sale
shoes, hats and backpacks
for sale
donkey pulling a cart
lonely hookah in the middle
of a garbage-strewn street
I guess this says something
happened here in 1116 and 1704 (at least I can read Arabic numerals!)
Egyptian boy
you can see why you need a
driver...those street signs aren't much help if you don't read Arabic
Egyptian pay phone--thank
God for triband cells,
I would not want to have to
figure out how this works
an intricate building Liese
liked
building detail
a rare sighting (from a distance)
of Egyptian women
non-Egyptian women (hmmm...how
can you tell?)
not real sure what this is
or was--any guesses? or anybody read Arabic?
Liese and a truckful of camels--you
don't see this every day!
