Egyptians at Work

The Local Guards
At Mansyiah, Alexandria.
They took pictures for us, we took theirs.


Selling Candy Floss
LE1 (S$0.30) for a packet.


Selling Cakes
Very friendly guys.


Selling Roast Tapioca at Khan El Khalili
LE1 (S$0.30) each.


Karkedeh Seller
Karkedeh : A tea from Hibiscus. Can be enjoyed both hot and cold.
LE0.50 (S$0.15) a glass.
We got 3 glasses free for taking his pic.


Selling Meat
LE28 (S$8) a KG.


Fruits Seller
He's in blue, with a customer.


Vegetables Seller
He's sitting down, talking with a customer.


Female Vegetables Seller
Nice and friendly young lady.


Selling eggs, mashed vafa beans and tehina.
I had to pay her LE2 to take her pic.


Selling Dried-fish and Pickles
Cheap prices...


Kids selling scarf pins and brooches
Prices range from LE0.30 to LE0.50 each.


Selling Buoys and Beach Balls
At Mandara Beach, Alexandria.


Selling Nuts
Outside the Giza Zoo.
The lady speaks English very well
and I had to buy some nuts before taking her pic.


Camels & Horses Owner
Riding horses, feeding camels at Giza.


A Policeman at Giza Pyramid
Not that friendly though.


Guides at the Pyramid
Ahmed (left) and Mahmoud, both 15, guides the horses.
Ahmed even sang lots of Arabic songs of my choice. :)

7 comments:

SeeKeR said...

aha ... so that is life in Egypt and that how u see Egypt, huda .. Spelling mistakes and ugly faces and non-friendly ppl , lol

Huda Ba'haroon said...

Eha... I love Egypt. Few spelling errors and unfriendly people makes no difference. I still have the best Egyptian a as friend. ;)

SeeKeR said...

SO u have to show that ..coz ppl think that's how is Egypt looks like and that's the only face egypt has..check Immortal Beloved comment ..and that's the way of working ..show what u like and why u like .. ;-)..ur egyptian friend :-P

Huda Ba'haroon said...

Well, showing how much I adore Egypt doesn't have to be only in pics, but that's what I could do for now.

No offence on the wrong spellings an unfriendly people. These two are everywhere, even in Singapore, only that I don't have the pics to show.

But anyway, Bab Zuweyla is on it's way here. :)

Anonymous said...

Loved this series, especially the ones from the market.

Huda Ba'haroon said...

Yeah, I love the market. It's a place that I passed by everyday with a smile.

Anonymous said...

Nice, pictures!!, i like them!!

=D