It’s May 2011 and our next trip will be to Iran. Ignoring the propaganda and the fact that it could take months to get a visa we begin the visa application process and the trip research. It was now or never and we’re going for it. The trip will be at least 14 days whichContinue reading “Americans in Iran 2011: Planning, applying and waiting…”
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Egypt’s baksheesh industry..will it survive?
The people who are benefiting the least Mubarak leaving office sooner than later are his police forces and political allies. They are the ones who ask for the baksheesh even if they don’t do anything helpful or even help someone cross the street safely in Downtown Cairo. Some took to the streets and were takingContinue reading “Egypt’s baksheesh industry..will it survive?”
Cairo and it’s baksheesh and sheesha
It’s hot and almost too hot, smoggy and as always, the streets are filled with cars, horse and buggies and motorbikes. Taking the camera out and trying to capture what it’s like to walk around Cairo is the last thing I think about doing. Just want to get around without loosing a body partContinue reading “Cairo and it’s baksheesh and sheesha”
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