Luxor Egypt

The lone ranger

Felucca in full sail on the Nile

Ants eating the fungi on the fever tree.


more plastic getting burnt 14/11/09

Luxor Egypt

Above ; some donkeys have a nice life here especially the farm donkeys.
Unlike the donkeys who lug heavy loads around Luxor. the cart alone weighs
one and a half tons, each cement bag is 1 cwt.

Above Practicing to become a heavy load puller
Bellow practicing to be a felucca captain,

Many times I mention in my blogs about the hassle here.this is one of Sara tours vehicles, with another one of their obnoxious employees making trouble with what he thinks is a tourist,
he followed me for about 3oo yards ; hello my friend did you phone for the taxi:
This is not a taxi neither is it a carriage. a taxi is blue and white. and a carriage has a horse in the front. I said, all knowing as I kept up a good pace to get home.
taxi mr;
why not;
why you no talk with me;
whats the problem with you why you don't need taxi;
In the end it got to verbal abuse, I told him to go away why cant you idiots understand some people have a tongue and can ask for things, they have hands that can flag a taxi if the need arises, you said you are my friend. so why are you hassling your friend.
You stupid f***** tourist.
there was a nice rock sitting on the side of the road. I picked it up and said how you going to explain to your boss Abdul how his window got broke. and if you don't I will,
he got the message that I was not a tourist and I did not want a taxi, by now I was almost home.

These limos are not licensed to pick up like a taxi. and therefore are not insured.
I took the photo to show his boss next time I pass sarah office.



And another plane load of tourists only too pleased to get away from the hassle in Luxor

sails on the Nile

The only thing this house to house sailsman (sale)did not have was my size shoes.



Drat Just missed the ferry.

Wating for the ferry to cross to the west bank in style,


These guys are having a bubble pipe. well we shall say a sisha pipe
notice the name on the felucca.

Felucca's at sunset, most of these boats have been bought
by foreign women for their toy boys who make quite a good
living from hiring out to the tourist.


This is the largest felucca on the Nile in Luxor.


Must be quite an unsafe place if the police need a boat like
this with such a heavy duty machine gun on board.
the only unsafe thing here is the police themselves,

Head on

The head gear on the Head on A donkey



A white head on a donkey

A black head on a donkey. no not a zit.

backward horns the head on a buffalo

antenna the head on a butterfly

another head on a donkey or is it another arsehole.

head on a dead dog this head will be in the canal later.

luxor balloon rides

Since the accident in May 09 all flights where suspended
Before 01 May 2009. 74 ballo0ns would suspend from the sky over Thebes,
1/11/09
they resumed the service but I have only seen 3 take off
to suspend in the air over Thebes,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/5263572/British-tourists-tell-of-their-terror-in-hot-air-balloon-crash.html

Rose garden

Delivery of mud bricks. they were so happy to see a white man on the lane . ooh! must be here to give us money. notice again this deformity the all have . it must be in the genes from past family line of beggars.

The rose garden no photos please I was told so I took this with the telescopic lens.

Halloween

I went out last night for dinner I had forgot it was Halloween,
and some folk from the uk were all dressed up for the occasion.
I asked them if they knew it was halloween every day here.
why they asked , well I said; they play trick or treat every day,
treat or I will hassle .