Egyptian Beauty

Pharaonic monuments, the Red Sea, the Nile. Grandiose, calming, picturesque. This is the Egyptian beauty I was hoping to see. Along with the outrageous is the amazing, and that's what I like about Egypt. If nothing else, I'm coming away with some great stories and ever better memories.

One of the bigger souvenirs I'm bringing back

This thing was huge!

Mahmya=Paradise

The Nile

So one thing I'm figuring out is that it's novel when non-Arabic speaking people speak Arabic in Egypt. It's a fun surprise and even more fun to try, especially when bartering. Also, I suppose in a sense it helps to be a girl. I actually haven't experienced such horrible sexual harassment as was anticipated by most people who learned I was going to Upper Egypt alone. Perhaps it's my "Don't fuck with me" New York facial expression, or perhaps it's because being sexually or verbally harassed in New York is not uncommon and Í've developed Teflon skin--words slide right off me.

In any case, Í'm about to hop on board a felucca