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


Wait up for me ....... more shots on Mosque of Mohamed Ali :D


#14 : Interesting roof

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#15 :

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So you think I can divinely dig out similar images like the Sapa dog is it?

Not to take away attention here, I'm not joking. No pp.

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My goodness!
This is Tok Gong, divinemoment!
What a lovely shot!
And this must be the same Mercedes in that anyhow taken shot I put up!
What a small world Egypt is!
 

Wait up for me ....... more shots on Mosque of Mohamed Ali :D



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Of course wait for you lah, AlexK 大哥!
This shot's framing is great.
Wah you really had lots of great shots in Muhammad Ali Mosque yah.
That first day both SereneXMM and I really had no lingam. LOL...

Oh, the minaret!
vngks's favourite minaret!
 

Of course wait for you lah, AlexK 大哥!
This shot's framing is great.
Wah you really had lots of great shots in Muhammad Ali Mosque yah.
That first day both SereneXMM and I really had no lingam. LOL...
Thanks. Only got this lingam. :bsmilie:


Oh, the minaret!
vngks's favourite minaret!

I think he prefers the minaret to be lighted up with lights on a dark blue sky in the evening. ;)
 

I think he prefers the minaret to be lighted up with lights on a dark blue sky in the evening. ;)

Yes. And I didn't get that shot :cry:
 

Ok AlexK, just to buy some more time, as per your wish.... Here are some chaplunk shots to delay things... LOL..


Sights of Egypt... on the roads


Some common forms of transport
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The mule rider
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Eh... pai seh... until now I still don't know what they were carrying? What vegetable? Lallang?

The horse, the cows, the mule and the lambs
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Hmm... although I am not a follower of Islamic, Christian, Catholic nor Judaism faith... I must say that this scene conjures an image of times during the biblical period for a first time visitor like myself.

TCSS
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Three men on camels
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Aiyah... what a waste. If it hadn't been for those buildings in the background,
this would have been really biblical. LOL..!
 

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ClemC, I believe you went in as well. Only a select few will know what goes on inside!!

Interesting.. Wonder when they implemented the NO CAMERA Policy :( ... the Burial Chamber.. Acpical - I do believe you.. hehehhehee.. (not like this whow... hehhehee)
 

ClemC, I believe you went in as well. Only a select few will know what goes on inside!!

Next time I will tie you to a leash and make sure a few of us go in with you and Adrian.
Otherwise where got chance to let you ya-ya kapong!
Wahahahaha...!
 

T R A V E L O G U E

Day 2 Evening: Giza Train Station ~ The overnight train to Aswan

If anyone were to say that by the evening of Day 2 he or she wasn't tired, then I will clasp my hands and kow tow to him/her.
It was long enough a day, to say the least.
But our adrenaline were set pumping come that evening, knowing that we were going to take an over night train down south to the city of Aswan.
The timing was just nice. We returned from Giza in time for us to grab a quick shower and our luggage to cheong to the Giza Train Station.'

Our train was scheduled to leave at 7:30pm.
Adrian was very diplomatic in getting our expectations right.
A few lao-kok-kok train pulled up into the track. All of us stared at the run-down trains with our mouths opened wide.

AlexK was the first to talk: "Wei, Adrian! This one is our over night train ah?!!!"
Adrian replied: "Er... actually it is not. Ours is a little better than this one."
We all: "Heng ah!!!"
Continued Adrian: "But hor... don't have your hopes too high, guys. Our train is probably something like what we get in Sapa."

Whatever lah.
It looked like our train was going to be delayed for carriage after carriage, the trains came and gone.
But ours hadn't turn up yet.
Anyone would've thought that we'd all be bored to death.
But heck no.
This Giza Train Station was a gold mine. It held a plethora of photographic opportunities for us to shoot pictures of the locals in their attire.
And the most most interesting thing is... they were all pretty amenable to being photographed here on this fateful night!

If I wasn't wrong, Ageless was the first to get going with his rangefinder camera.
The rest of us followed suit.
And the rest was history.

Melvin and Adrian got us to gather our luggage on the platform so that our 'security guard' can jagar.
Er... here is one of our few security guards: "Hot ah! Hot ah!.. Got to use my mini-fan to keep blowing," said she.
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"Come, Melvin," exlaimed Acpical excitedly. "Let's go shoot some Egyptian men and ladies!"
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I didn't know what happened. But all I knew was AlexK, Melvin, Acpical were all gathered around Ageless looking at his shots.
We all went crazy shooting. But honestly, we all did it in a discreet way still, so as not to offend the locals.
Luckily vngks was not susceptible to the poisoning... Lol...
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While a group of us were busy at work, Adrian and gang were busy looking after our barang barang.
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And our most handsome guide Lotfy was also very hard-working. Really.
He guided some of us to buy bottled water, led us to the toilets, and he taught me how to say "I want to pass urine" in Egyptian Arabic.
"Ana-ous A-tar-tar."
But sheepishly, he said to me not to say this sentences in front of Egyptian ladies because it wasn't too elegant.
Hehe... here is the handsome man himself, taking five on his stick.
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The Giza Train Station

I am simply too thrilled to be able to shoot pictures of these beautiful and peaceful Egyptians on the platform.
Even until now, looking at the photos sends a shearing current of excitement up my spine.
I would just like to share with all some of my people shots.

Sitting. But a on different chair.
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Standing. But in a different doorway.
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Looking. But at a different direction.
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Smiling. But for a different reason.
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Waiting. But with a different heart.
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My apologies to my teammates for posting so many photos here. Keke...
But I just wanted to share with our good photography community here in ClubSNAP how the people in Egypt look like.
After being in Egypt, I began to realise how intrigue I am by the way the local Egyptians dress.
And how partial I am to men in turban and the traditional male Egyptian one-piece clothes, the Galabia.
Everything about this place, and the people oozes a sense of exoticism.

I don't know about my fellow travellers.
But nothing prepared me nor SereneXMM to come face to face with these beautiful people.

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Some latest updates fro Channel News Asia...

Thanks to our group mate shunjie84 for the headsup.
As we come to this part of our thread, the latest news from channelnewsasia showed a huge rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo pushing for reforms by the government after the dramatic throw of ex-President Hosni Mubarak. The economical situation is in the pits and tourist dollars have taken a dive.
Inflation has set in and the increased cost of living would be sparks enough to trigger off many of such protests.

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Thousands of Egyptian protesters gather at Cairo's Tahrir Square to take part in a mass rally calling for reforms (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMED HOSSAM)
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CAIRO : Thousands of protesters flocked to Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square on Friday for a mass rally demanding reforms as the ruling military warned it would respond harshly to any violence by activists.

Organisers called the rally to press Egypt's military rulers to keep their promises of reform after a revolt ousted president Hosni Mubarak in February.

Protesters, gathered under a scorching sun, filled a section of the square to listen to the weekly prayer sermon.

"It would be shame on the Egyptian people if they forget their revolution," the preacher said.

He attacked some of the prosecution witnesses in the ongoing murder trial of Mubarak and his security chiefs for testifying in court this week that they had not been ordered to use deadly force against protesters during the revolt.

"They must be charged with false testimony. How can a prosecution witness turn into a defence witness?" the cleric asked.

The preacher also denounced military trials for civilians. The military, which took charge after Mubarak's ouster, has sentenced thousands of people to prison terms since February.

Protesters chanted slogans against the military ruler and current de facto head of the state Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi after the sermon ended. Tantawi is set to take the witness stand Sunday when the trial of Mubarak resumes.

Ibrahim Ali, an agricultural engineer, said he had come to the capital from northern Egypt to attend the rally.

"None of the revolution's demands have been met," he said. "There is still injustice in the country."

The military, in a statement posted on its Facebook page, said it respected the activists' right to protest peacefully, but warned it would respond to violence by the protesters with "the utmost severity and decisiveness".

The interior ministry said it had withdrawn riot police stationed in Tahrir Square to allow the activists to protest unhindered, the official MENA news agency reported.

Hundreds of football fans also demonstrated in front of the interior ministry near Tahrir Square to protest against Tuesday night's clashes with police in which nearly 80 people were injured and dozens of cars torched.

There were no police in sight and no major incidents reported so far, an AFP correspondent said.

Friday's protest was called by mostly secular and leftist activists, and is being boycotted by the Muslim Brotherhood movement and other Islamist groups.

Mohsen Rady, a senior Brotherhood member, told state television his movement, which is showing growing strains with the military, believed Egyptians were weary of protests.

"People have grown bored of these demonstrations," he said.

Secular activists are concerned that the military's current timetable for parliamentary elections in autumn will play into the hands of the Brotherhood by denying new political movements the time to organise into parties.

The activists are also demanding an end to the military trials of civilians.


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One last wait at the Giza Train Station for our train...

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Just a shot for us to remember the moment by...


Despite the one hour delay, we boarded our train and it slowly moved out of the station at 8:30pm.

We were pleasantly surprised to find a sink with running water in each of the sleep in cabin!

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Here is the map showing our travel.
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Our plan was to wake up, drop off the train, dump our luggage and catch the convoy to shoot of to Abu Simbel immediately.
Quite an ambitious planning.


Our armed men in uniform were installed to offer some protection against insurgence of rebels and militants down south.
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I feel a little more secure now.
But hey hey hey... this train is pulling away out of the station...
You mean, the armed soldiers are not ours?
Do we have armed soldiers protecting us on our carriage?
Apparently not.... oh, no... shucks... Then our monopods and tripods would just have to make do lah.
 

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My apologies to my teammates for posting so many photos here. Keke...
But I just wanted to share with our good photography community here in ClubSNAP how the people in Egypt look like.
After being in Egypt, I began to realise how intrigue I am by the way the local Egyptians dress.
And how partial I am to men in turban and the traditional male Egyptian one-piece clothes, the Galabia.
Everything about this place, and the people oozes a sense of exoticism.

I don't know about my fellow travellers.
But nothing prepared me nor SereneXMM to come face to face with these beautiful people.

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limwhow, nice captures at the Giza train station. :thumbsup:
 

The entire album is :thumbsup:

Ya man .. some very powerful shot in there ..

divinemoment .. I think now I understand the meaning behind the nick better

Cheers

Just to add : Reflection of Eiffel is my favorite :thumbsup:
 

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Acpical, Richard - thanks for dropping in and look/peep. Appreciate your comments.

For info, the Eiffel was taken in film.

Cheers
 

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