Came home the other day and was greeted with a whole jungle of bushes and tree branches piled up on the road outside the house. Seems the gardeners were having a serious spring clean in the garden. Came across this typical Egyptian scene when I came out in to the garden - if I had a STOP card I would have written one. The gave the tree a fairly severe cut - and managed not to kill themselves.
On the english language Nile Radio (although some of the accents are thick and strange you wonder if it is english) I heard an article by a chap who went down to Tahrir Square and helped sell Revolution T Shirts. The T shirt seller was excited that they were selling the merchandise for the same price to locals as expats and tourists - proclaiming it to be a "new deal". They certainly understand they have to bring the tourists back and being gouged/scammed is one of the great pains of visiting Egypt (although paying over is ok in moderation as many of these guys are really struggling).
Ahmed Da Driver and I saw the "new deal' the next morning. As we were setting off for work we met the rubbish guys and negotiated a deal to take away the truck load of vegetation for 150
egp. When I returned home the jungle was gone, however mrs T told us the gardeners had charged 400egp (about 40 British pounds), which is a lot of money here. Ahmed bless him was outraged, how could someone do this! and went straight to complain to the boss man and got our deal sorted out - he is a star. So much for the new deal and good will to all in Egypt.
Not been able to start my photography properly yet as many of the areas i wanted to
photograph are still off limits. So have been continuing to play around and learn how to use the macro lens in the garden. Think I am going to do a series called "From the passenger seat - a week on the Cairo Ring Road" - starting next week.
I like this image- we now have it as our screen saver.
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