Showing posts with label Revolutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revolutions. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Masked Children



These kids were re-enacting something in the town square one day last week. I always walk through the square on my way home and usually something is going on. That day there were a lot of kids in various kinds of costumes.
I had my hands full of heavy sacks of groceries so I only stopped long enough to get these 2 pictures. I kinda wish I'd gone back for more photos. There were kids dressed in what looked like pirate costumes, too. But I think they might have been Benito Juarez.
The people here sure know how to make good use of their public spaces. They never do anything this cool at home and here it's commonplace.
I wish Tuxtepec would spiff up their big band and play concerts in the bandstand :) Maybe that's asking a little too much though.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Christmas in Egypt Before the Revolution: Arrival and Museum






We got a taxi to the very cheap hotel that Sayed had found. It was clean and the beds were comfortable and was only 54EP per night. It had the added advantage of being next door to my favorite beer hall, El Horeyya.
The next day we slept late and then walked around Cairo some. I love and miss Cairo when I'm not there. Funny to think now that everything is different. The revolution centered right here, downtown, in Tahrir Square.