SGTrekker 8D7N Wonders of Egypt Photography Tour (28 Aug-04 Sep 2011)

[LowLights]

The other camel rider with the Ang Moh grandfather is really zee-siao! :bigeyes:

He posed in all funny position and even stood onto the camel. Buay tahan him ah! :sticktong

"Wei, what are you doing? Are you crazy? come down quickly!"

Wa Sis the top one Swee

the bottom one is fun

Cheers

 

[SK1968]

He posed in all funny position and even stood onto the camel. Buay tahan him ah! :sticktong

"Wei, what are you doing? Are you crazy? come down quickly!"

I am surprised this camel didn't peng san .... hahaha

 

[Daoyin]

Too many nice photos to single out any. Please keep them coming.

 

[vngks]

Siao liao lah... this shooter became like an Egyptian god. Kekeke...

For some reason I like this very much hahaha :bsmilie:

Lovely capture of this smiley man.
I certainly think the baksheesh is worth it, seeing the enthusiasm with which he goes about doing his job as a model.
But next time let's bargain with him down to the more usual 5 Egyptian pounds instead. Hahahaha...!


Now, this is worth the extra baksheesh you paid, vngks!
It's nice!

Thanks

 

[vngks]

Some of you have already seen this next shot in my Facebook.

8. Camel riders at the pyramids of Giza

 

[LowLights]

Some of you have already seen this next shot in my Facebook.

8. Camel riders at the pyramids of Giza

Like I said over at FB .. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[vngks]

Like I said over at FB .. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Thank you bro

 

[divinemoment]

Some of you have already seen this next shot in my Facebook.

8. Camel riders at the pyramids of Giza

Agreed this equally nice. During my trip (at least 12 yrs ago), they drove Mercedes Benz instead of camel. Seems times are bad now.

 

[K3N]

Of so many pyramids there, the very well known one was the Step Pyramid built by King Zoser (Djoser).
There are altogether 6 steps on this pyramid.
Why 6 steps? Because there was this old Egyptian saying: 7 steps to heaven.
So they built 6 steps on this pyramid, with the believe that when the King comes back to life, he would take the 6 steps up the side of his pyramid and right on the top, his seventh and last step would be to Heaven.

Enjoying the photos and travelogue. Looks like a fun trip. Please keep posting.

The Egyptian saying is quite interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Spirits_of_God

 

[SereneXMM]

Serene - very nice shots you got here...:thumbsup:

Thank you lydialee for your compliments!

Agreed with lydialee.. SereneXMM - those two shots are NICE...:thumbsup:

Thank you ClemC for your kind words!

Wa Sis the top one Swee

the bottom one is fun

Cheers

Yo bro Lowlights, 谢谢! Shukran! Kam sia! :bsmilie:

 

[SereneXMM]

I am surprised this camel didn't peng san .... hahaha

LOL..:bsmilie::sticktong

 

[SereneXMM]

For some reason I like this very much hahaha :bsmilie:

Thank you vngks! My dar is damn cute lor!!!:lovegrin:

 

[lydialee]

Totally agree really nice. thank you for sharing.

Too many nice photos to single out any. Please keep them coming.

 

[vngks]

Agreed this equally nice. During my trip (at least 12 yrs ago), they drove Mercedes Benz instead of camel. Seems times are bad now.

Thanks bro The cars we saw on the roads of Cairo are mostly beat-up old junks. Don't think I ever saw a Merc hahaha.

 

[divinemoment]

Thanks bro The cars we saw on the roads of Cairo are mostly beat-up old junks. Don't think I ever saw a Merc hahaha.

Perhaps I make it clearer. They used Merc to ferry tourist within the pyramid compound instead of camel.

 

[AlexK]

7. and he took me to this special peephole with more baksheesh:

This picture is :thumbsup:

 

[vngks]

This picture is :thumbsup:

Thanks bro

 

[limwhow]

Agreed this equally nice. During my trip (at least 12 yrs ago), they drove Mercedes Benz instead of camel. Seems times are bad now.

Yupe. The economy is very jiak-lat now.
All the cars are like this mostly... Er.. Datsun 100A, if my memory didn't fail me...

Thanks bro The cars we saw on the roads of Cairo are mostly beat-up old junks. Don't think I ever saw a Merc hahaha.

Perhaps I make it clearer. They used Merc to ferry tourist within the pyramid compound instead of camel.

Er.. I must be lucky.
I saw one Mercedes... Maybe this is the Mercedes that divinemoment you saw 12 years ago? LOL...

 

[limwhow]

Enjoying the photos and travelogue. Looks like a fun trip. Please keep posting.

The Egyptian saying is quite interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Spirits_of_God

Thank you K3N!
Yah, the trip was certainly very very fun-filled.
The company literally makes the trip alive! Thanks to SgTrekker and all our good buddies!

 

[limwhow]

T R A V E L O G U E

Acpical said: "Wei, limwhow! You all the way use wide aperture to shoot, we can't even see your background landscape!"
Ageless added: "Yah, people can't tell where we are."
Me: "Just tell them we were at Universal Studio lah! Wah lau eh...."

So here we are.
A picture of our Mevlin... at Universal Studio, with his beloved Seagull in hand.

The day has been long.
The sun has been working over-time.
And the heat has been unrelenting.
Even the camels have kicked up a whole sand-load of fuss for having to bear the weight of every every-so-inquisitive traveller.

The time has come for us to make our way back.

"Hey, don't leave me behind in this desolate place..." cried the Blue Pharaoh.

It was coming to 3pm.
Due to the Ramadan period, this UNESCO site was closing 2 hours earlier then usual.
Haiyah... no choice. We got to go.

Adrian said:
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"OK guys. We will go back and get ready our luggage because we will be taking the overnight train to Aswan."
"Please make sure you are packed such that your gears are with you because tomorrow morning once we hit Aswan, we will hit the ground running!"
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Well, that's SgTrekker's trip for you! LOL...