tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post109092893106362976..comments2024-03-12T11:03:59.528+02:00Comments on Living in Egypt: Cars and Donkey CartsMaryanne Stroud Gabbanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00858132776788616956noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1094248283465066142004-09-04T00:51:00.000+03:002004-09-04T00:51:00.000+03:00You have inspired me to be a Khewega On A Donkey C...You have inspired me to be a Khewega On A Donkey Cart as well. I MUST get one. You have also inspired me to set up a "blog" account...http://jamilahabibi.blogspot.com/<br /><br />You sound like MY kind of person. Thanks for being an agnabiyya not to be embaressed by. :-) Hope to see you out on your cart next time I am in Giza.Jamilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17721708901089977542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1091152680226784002004-07-30T04:58:00.000+03:002004-07-30T04:58:00.000+03:00Your blog is so interesting to me. My father was (...Your blog is so interesting to me. My father was (he passed away in 1991) from Egypt- family in Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said, mostly. My mother (American) and he lived in Egypt until 1962, when they came to the States for good. I have never been, and all I really have to go on is the media, and my mother's outdated impression of Egypt, how it was fifty years ago(!). <br />I hope to come some day soon, and reading your stories makes it seem that much more possible. thank you.Amanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04111797245854867176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1091141571502641622004-07-30T01:52:00.000+03:002004-07-30T01:52:00.000+03:00Why not try writing? You have a very good style of...Why not try writing? You have a very good style of presenting things. Now on i will be a regular<br />----------------------------------------------<br />F.K<br />The FuTuRe is Mine ![ - Aswin - ]https://www.blogger.com/profile/10868723833113581419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1091118058808417372004-07-29T19:20:00.000+03:002004-07-29T19:20:00.000+03:00Wow this is an awesome design.Wow this is an awesome design.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729639164087152934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1091115302080538862004-07-29T18:35:00.000+03:002004-07-29T18:35:00.000+03:00Los retrogados,indigentes y analfabetas intelectua...Los retrogados,indigentes y analfabetas intelectuales<br />no pueden comprender lo precioso de tus escritos.<br />Pero nosotros apreciamos tus expresiones -y por lo<br />tanto sigue adelante. Te apoyamos y apreciamos.<br /><br />This is a precious blog!MARCOS MUĂ‘OZ https://www.blogger.com/profile/12335232875790938622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1091051710684340242004-07-29T00:55:00.000+03:002004-07-29T00:55:00.000+03:00I really enjoy checking in to your blog, as I visi...I really enjoy checking in to your blog, as I visited Egypt last October and loved it. Everybody was very nice and exceptionally welcoming.<br /><br />The traffic, while hard to understand at first, became second-nature by the end of our ten days. Coming back to the UK, I had to remind myself that London traffic didn't like it if I were to cross between streams of cars. Oddly more than anything, though, I found the traffic, while seemingly chaotic, to be infinitely safer than traffic in countries where drivers depend on a book to tell them when they're driving the right way. In the UK or the US or Canada, you know that if you try to cross the road on foot near cars, you will be hit. And if you change lanes without signaling, your car will be broadsided. And... countless other examples. Drivers in these other countries "know" when they're in the right, so they go for it. In Egypt (Egypt the country and "Egypt" (Cairo) the city), no matter how many tires screeched or horns honked or threats were yelled, people drove defensively, and I never saw one accident.<br /><br />Anyway, I hope to keep coming back for more. My blog (I think my name has a link to it; if not, it's mkcillip.blogspot.com) has pictures from that Egypt trip and more. I look forward to seeing more pictures posted on your blog, showing the other side, Egypt from within. Write on!mkcilliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412439508007330244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1091047857291545052004-07-28T23:50:00.000+03:002004-07-28T23:50:00.000+03:00I also tasted the Cairo driving(of course, in taxi...I also tasted the Cairo driving(of course, in taxis) and it was "funny" everytime we got into the car, we didn't know if it was the last day of our lifes =P*kidding* it was... chaotic!! but it works!!! and what about the taxi-men... showing their family pictures to my dad... truly, a place to remember, now I'm at home, I think I miss all that differences... and the guideman of our travel... ;)<br />take care<br />*esme**https://www.blogger.com/profile/03772431661976614708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1091010917240953102004-07-28T13:35:00.000+03:002004-07-28T13:35:00.000+03:00Every now and then i check in to see what's the la...Every now and then i check in to see what's the latest in your blog. Today's one is great...a wonderful sense of humour you have!Rowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335673619430109527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1091001240582118542004-07-28T10:54:00.000+03:002004-07-28T10:54:00.000+03:00it's a joyous moment reading ur blog..keeping me a...it's a joyous moment reading ur blog..keeping me anxious coming there soon.looking forward 4 the latest brief adventure of yours marriene. .:)It will fruitfull my imperfect, flawed english too..really nice to knw udewihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923929392213554362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1090983454698025532004-07-28T05:57:00.000+03:002004-07-28T05:57:00.000+03:00Damn Maryanne,
How do you manage to stir up such e...Damn Maryanne,<br />How do you manage to stir up such emotions in a blog about donkey carts? Maybe your donkey learned to type comments. - CraigJ-Birdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14003035044504249007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1090978923509020122004-07-28T04:42:00.000+03:002004-07-28T04:42:00.000+03:00Egypt is for losers. A bunch of really smart peopl...Egypt is for losers. A bunch of really smart people a long time ago. Just like Iraq, the people have become lazy and now are just like gnats who want to suck the juice out of everything else that is beautiful and meaningful. No wonder you are damned......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1090947396994645062004-07-27T19:56:00.000+03:002004-07-27T19:56:00.000+03:00I started coming to your blog after a friend told ...I started coming to your blog after a friend told me about it and how he had left this massive comment because the content interested him so much, I have been coming here ever since and just wanted to say that i really like your writing, keep it up.<br />ThanksAshleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262963090837264139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203628.post-1090936413162190572004-07-27T16:53:00.000+03:002004-07-27T16:53:00.000+03:00Thanks for taking the time and effort to put so mu...Thanks for taking the time and effort to put so much about your daily life here. I only discovered your blog recently but really enjoy it. Not only do you have a talent for taking the reader "to Egypt" but it is fascinating to be reminded that life is so different in other places ... invaluable reminder for us in the U.S.!Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.com