Pyramids by night
Feeling slightly hung-over...
But last night was a fun adventure. We left on a mission to climb to the top of the shortest pyramid (the taller ones shed rocks), but upon being told that the pyramid area was closed, we walked around and found a hole in the fence instead and sat on the desert sands with our self-appointed chaperone, who kept warning us about police, but then eventually remained silent after being given an appropriate tip.
I would like to be able to say that the desert was a quiet place by night, but unfortunately the night was filled with the sounds of the revelations of the nearby stable keepers, random shots of bored police men... 'clicking' of foxes...
Despite all these interruptions, I must admit that the waning moon and stars over my head are both excellent company... and the desert left me dreaming very interesting dreams last night... must be something in the polluted cairo desert air... or else I was just doped.
Who knows?
Anyhow, below is a picture of Auna, who, as I mentioned earlier, appointed himself as our companion. I tried to ask him what 'police' is in Arabic, and I must say, the result was extremely entertaining. He didn't speak much English, so we spoke a few broken words to each other.. from time to time, we wouldn't really understand each other and he would conclude by saying 'Be happy'. Happy is mahbsoot in Arabic. So, I said anglii 'happy', arabii 'mahbsoot', anglii 'bag', arabii 'shanta', anglii 'police, arabii ... eh da? (what's that?)... and he concluded by saying 'police very happy'. oh, well... perhaps I'll never know what police is in Arabic after all ;)
There's me and Erno sitting not far from the hole in a fence, posing in a picture that Mr. Auna Very Happy insisted on taking. This was all, ofcourse, after the happy police had already passed, because as Mr. Auna said, 'Police see flash, not very happy'
But last night was a fun adventure. We left on a mission to climb to the top of the shortest pyramid (the taller ones shed rocks), but upon being told that the pyramid area was closed, we walked around and found a hole in the fence instead and sat on the desert sands with our self-appointed chaperone, who kept warning us about police, but then eventually remained silent after being given an appropriate tip.
I would like to be able to say that the desert was a quiet place by night, but unfortunately the night was filled with the sounds of the revelations of the nearby stable keepers, random shots of bored police men... 'clicking' of foxes...
Despite all these interruptions, I must admit that the waning moon and stars over my head are both excellent company... and the desert left me dreaming very interesting dreams last night... must be something in the polluted cairo desert air... or else I was just doped.
Who knows?
Anyhow, below is a picture of Auna, who, as I mentioned earlier, appointed himself as our companion. I tried to ask him what 'police' is in Arabic, and I must say, the result was extremely entertaining. He didn't speak much English, so we spoke a few broken words to each other.. from time to time, we wouldn't really understand each other and he would conclude by saying 'Be happy'. Happy is mahbsoot in Arabic. So, I said anglii 'happy', arabii 'mahbsoot', anglii 'bag', arabii 'shanta', anglii 'police, arabii ... eh da? (what's that?)... and he concluded by saying 'police very happy'. oh, well... perhaps I'll never know what police is in Arabic after all ;)
There's me and Erno sitting not far from the hole in a fence, posing in a picture that Mr. Auna Very Happy insisted on taking. This was all, ofcourse, after the happy police had already passed, because as Mr. Auna said, 'Police see flash, not very happy'
