We met a great guy, Remon, driving excursion groups in Egypt, exchanged contacts and asked about the features of Egypt, about the country and customs.
First of all, found out about the hijab. As it turned out, not all women go in closed robes, it all depends on the individual, moreover, it is not so much the husband decides, as I thought before, how much woman. Depends on a particular family. We also asked how locals react to defiantly dressed visitors – all differently, Since Egypt is inhabited by different people, the attitude is different. AT resort cities are exactly all accustomed. Bedouins from the desert of course do not share such a revolutionary.
Of course, we were interested to learn about this feature. Egypt’s like a harem. Egyptian is allowed to have several wives, nationality is not important, but rarely does that, because it’s costly. As Arabs like to say, why do you need four problems when one is enough. Divorces are allowed, but not frequent, since important for life in Egypt is respect for neighbors and friends, therefore, partners simply do not change, reputation is more important.
Now about other features of Egypt. The first thing that struck me it’s sand around. Not just sand, but sand and sand, a sea of sand. how people can live in such conditions, I have no idea.
Egypt. Solid sands.
Egypt. Desert.
And I would put a monument to the creators Sharm el-Sheikh – make blooming from the desert oasis. And where do they just take water from? Local told us that water brought from Cairo. I do not know if this is so. In order to grow grass and palm trees must be watered all the time, near some trees hoses stick out of the ground.
Egypt. Sharm el-Sheikh. Watering.
The second feature of Egypt – the almost complete absence price tags in stores, toli price depends on the dollar in Zimbabwe, toli from the mood of the seller, which is generally equivalent. I don’t know how to bargain, so we bought food at the supermarket, where was the scanner and price tags on the parts of the products. And on one of gas stations, I had to send the seller to hell when he told me From the baldies called the price for snickers at $ 10.
Also a feature of Egypt, read by the local population, is obsession. At first we even walked along the other side of the road, so as not to go through the benches, away from the barker. And then relaxed, began to engage in dialogue, the benefit can be in Russian and in English to communicate. And, imbued with the friendliness of this nation, and sure sincere friendliness. You always smile, and absolutely Do not be angry after, if you do not buy anything. Often tease and joking. Funny boys. Most likely this is due to the contrast with boorish Russian saleswomen.
In Sharm el-Sheikh, I have not seen a single traffic light and pedestrian transition, and in Cairo, only 9 traffic lights for the entire 20 million metropolis. Probably they are not needed, Allah helps.
At first you constantly shudder from inviting beeps taxi drivers. And they are buzzing even when a taxi with passengers, probably reflex already. Although all drivers are buzzing here, greeting each other friend, saying goodbye, and just because of boredom.
Egypt’s next feature is slightly outdated movement, namely, camels. All is good, yes it spoils means often on asphalt. And often you can plunge into this fresh
Camels in Sharm el-Sheikh.
This is controlled by Bedouins; they are easy to spot by traditional clothes. Arabs living in resort towns dress like all people. Usually, Bedouins offer to ride on camels most offered in tourist places such like ancient pyramids or mountain Moses, but my sensitivity to smell did not allow me even think about it. It looks like it’s a poor people, living mostly in desert. But some of them are not poor at all, as they trade trafficking in drugs and weapons.
Bedouin near the mountain of Moses.
Car park in Egypt, too, as I understood one of the most the oldest in the world. For some reason it’s nice to see Russian cars, sevens and the fives, although in Russia they sometimes cause anti-patriotic feeling. Gasoline is cheaper than water here, so drivers often don’t muffle their cars, stopping for about 15 minutes.
Egypt. Vaz 2107.
Gas station. Egypt.
And still people here, all cheerful and smiling. Maybe so there are fun painted cars.
Machine with a paddle paint. Egypt. Cairo.
Another of the observed features of Egypt – some unhygienic and plenty of trash. Also, people are not bothered about the external the appearance of buildings, most of them are dirty and without cladding.
Garbage in Sharm el-Sheikh. Egypt.
Cairo. Egypt. Slightly blurred building.
P.S. Alcohol is not sold anywhere, only in bars is a feature Egypt and some other Arab countries. But with your healthy way of life, I did not pay attention to it – told others Russians, whom they met on the spot.
P.S. Posted by Asia, because the Sinai Peninsula is located it is in Asia, and in the rest of Egypt, which is just in Africa, we were only 1 day in Cairo.
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