tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385238962011-04-22T01:25:22.022+01:00Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118932168477586337noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38523896.post-67185003668130372342007-03-11T11:21:00.000Z2007-03-11T12:17:48.688ZHello Everybody:<br />I'm back with more pictures and Dunes as promised. Again this is Egypt but now West of Siwa Oasis near the boarder to Lybia. I'd also like to add that Western Commerce is destroying the lifestyle and beauty of the Oasis, so thank God geography only allows for a single road to lead to Siwa.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPnRvySMZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/FMcDbG2WQ6I/s1600-h/CIMG5307.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPnRvySMZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/FMcDbG2WQ6I/s400/CIMG5307.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040626700028883346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My folks and our ToyotaMan!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPoHPySMbI/AAAAAAAAAAs/6Qkw-HNuU7w/s1600-h/CIMG5330.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPoHPySMbI/AAAAAAAAAAs/6Qkw-HNuU7w/s400/CIMG5330.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040627619151884722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This lake is actually quite big. Everything in the desert looks so small on photos. I found it really hard to take pictures of the Dunes and make them look big and imposing as they really are.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPoyPySMcI/AAAAAAAAAA0/6A2Um1B9toM/s1600-h/CIMG5361.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPoyPySMcI/AAAAAAAAAA0/6A2Um1B9toM/s400/CIMG5361.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040628357886259650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPpKfySMdI/AAAAAAAAAA8/yoLj2EdTo_U/s1600-h/CIMG5391.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPpKfySMdI/AAAAAAAAAA8/yoLj2EdTo_U/s400/CIMG5391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040628774498087378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPppPySMeI/AAAAAAAAABE/4Rk_vMksn1o/s1600-h/CIMG5400.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPppPySMeI/AAAAAAAAABE/4Rk_vMksn1o/s400/CIMG5400.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040629302779064802" border="0" /></a><br />Aren't these colors amazing?? My pictures aren't very good, but that's just really how beautiful everything is over there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPqdfySMfI/AAAAAAAAABM/9DYuPUafKB8/s1600-h/CIMG5424.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPqdfySMfI/AAAAAAAAABM/9DYuPUafKB8/s400/CIMG5424.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040630200427229682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPrNvySMgI/AAAAAAAAABU/c1SdqFMjQiM/s1600-h/CIMG5443.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPrNvySMgI/AAAAAAAAABU/c1SdqFMjQiM/s400/CIMG5443.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040631029355917826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPrpvySMhI/AAAAAAAAABc/ZgRk_Mj8v2U/s1600-h/CIMG5452.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPrpvySMhI/AAAAAAAAABc/ZgRk_Mj8v2U/s400/CIMG5452.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040631510392254994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPr__ySMiI/AAAAAAAAABk/QNd6AOMFENs/s1600-h/CIMG5453.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPr__ySMiI/AAAAAAAAABk/QNd6AOMFENs/s400/CIMG5453.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040631892644344354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPsUvySMjI/AAAAAAAAABs/hRHa2PrD5cU/s1600-h/CIMG5456.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPsUvySMjI/AAAAAAAAABs/hRHa2PrD5cU/s400/CIMG5456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040632249126629938" border="0" /></a><br />Look at these colors. I do a twitch everytime I see this. Even in real life, it feels like you're driving through a painting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPtOPySMkI/AAAAAAAAAB0/mSTTuMmcxZA/s1600-h/CIMG5500.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPtOPySMkI/AAAAAAAAAB0/mSTTuMmcxZA/s400/CIMG5500.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040633236969108034" border="0" /></a><br />These minivans are people doing a carpool to go visit family in Alex and Cairo for BigEid. Some were bigger 4x4 trucks with loads of Bananas or sheep or other food that they were bringing their families as gifts. I also drove through a sandstorm WhopeEE!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPuMfySMlI/AAAAAAAAAB8/pPpa4vF-KrE/s1600-h/CIMG5506.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_87FJZ8BhxdQ/RfPuMfySMlI/AAAAAAAAAB8/pPpa4vF-KrE/s400/CIMG5506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040634306415964754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ok, that is all Folks!!! Until my next travels; London doesn't exactly make for a nice picture...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38523896-6718500366813037234?l=deggerpics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118932168477586337noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38523896.post-1168135024730978162007-01-07T01:18:00.000Z2007-01-07T17:15:22.116Z<div style="text-align: left;">Here are some Photos from my 06 Christmas holiday in Egypt. Most the pictures I take are during holidays when there's something interesting to take pictures of.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'd appreciate any sort of criticism.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">First let's talk about food, since as someone living in London I feel very frustrated about this subject. So this is what REAL fruit and veg look like:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/344225/CIMG5220.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/204989/CIMG5220.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/347181/CIMG5158.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/561274/CIMG5158.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Next some Pictures of Siwa Oasis, West of Egypt near the Lybian border.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A city built round the Ancient Egyptian Oracle temple. The tower thing is a Minaret.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/995711/CIMG5174.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/775364/CIMG5174.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/594435/CIMG5179.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/797992/CIMG5179.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/536528/CIMG5198.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/871429/CIMG5198.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/993656/CIMG5183.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/437744/CIMG5183.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The main mode of transport in Siwa is by Donkey Kart (kareta).<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/486451/fix5206.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/634458/fix5206.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The blotchy blood looking spots on the ground are dates drying in the sun. YUM!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/216182/CIMG5187.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/509944/CIMG5187.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The "cleopatra spring". There's several of these in Siwa.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/93603/CIMG5212.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/247428/CIMG5212.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/138505/CIMG5230.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/495437/CIMG5230.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Another old city in ruins.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/496944/CIMG5237.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/454774/CIMG5237.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/670737/CIMG5248.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/969409/CIMG5248.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The next pictures are taken by the salty lake, of which there are 2 in Siwa. It's too salty for fish.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/118748/CIMG5256.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/604147/CIMG5256.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/840614/CIMG5278.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/747772/CIMG5278.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/539141/CIMG5280.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/479137/CIMG5280.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/1600/617584/CIMG5281.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/1713/1880/400/459392/CIMG5281.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My own crit:<br />1. I don't take enough time to compose the picture. Or I don't tell the driver to stop the car so <br /> many pictures end up blurry.<br />2. I have a serious problem keeping my horizon horizontal!<br />3. I need to zoom in more often because most my pictures end up uninvolving and flat.<br /><br />More to come soon: <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">Les Dunes!</span> so hang tight<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38523896-116813502473097816?l=deggerpics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118932168477586337noreply@blogger.com4