. . .Both Brandon and I were still emotionally drained after a very long 15- hour tour yesterday, and the thought of getting on another bus was more than either of us could handle. Before coming on the cruise I had booked and paid for all our tours, and the ones in Egypt were very expensive, but we agreed to stay on the ship and relax, seeing as we only had two more days before our holiday was over. Basically I through away $400 on the tour that we didn't take. YIKES!!!!
After breakfast, Brandon decided that we should walk around Alexandria, and check out the city, and see if it might be better than Cairo. Although I would have preferred to avoid another ugly, crowded city, I decided to be a good sport and go with him.
Within 10 minutes of walking away from the port, we were once again beseiged with merchants begging us to go inside their stores and shop.
We thought we were going in the direction of the bazaar, but instead we found ourselves in the marketplace. I love taking pictures of fruits and vegetables, and I was in my glory.
Brandon and I were the only "foreigners" in sight, and for once, no one even tried to talk to us. Since we looked like we belonged to the cruise ship, no one thought we were going to buy anything, and we were able to walk along in peace and quiet.
I saw vegetables that I had never seen before, and no one cared, except for my son, whether I was taking pictures of them. One man even asked me to take his picture, and it's my favorite shot of the entire trip. The other picture that I love is of a woman sitting on the ground with her lettuce and vegetables piled all around her.
Once we walked out of the market area, we decided we had enough, and walked straight back to the ship.
wow...u hav like the real egypt life in here...am from egypt alex..its so seems like that...greatings from alex...how do u like it if i may ask??
Posted by: Eslam | December 21, 2009 at 02:31 PM