Hays Travelogue

If this is the Pic of the Week, well, it wasn’t much of a week. This is the view from our bedroom with its nice French doors and shutters. We have a narrow balcony, too narrow to sit on, but the clotheslines are here. From this angle, the view is of the apartment building catty-corner [...]

[Read more →]

Mr. Abu Bakr, our guide in Siwa, is a tall man in his mid to late 40s. In addition to being a guide, he is a member of the Siwa Town Council and curator at The House of Siwa Museum. He is an avid reader and reads any books he can get. His list includes [...]

[Read more →]

[Read more →]

See those rocks beneath the water? One of my favorite parts of our trip to Aswan was sailing with Captain Gelal through the Nile Cataracts. He lives in a village near Aswan and knows these waters like you know the streets in your neighborhood. He taught Mike a little bit about sailing a felucca, and [...]

[Read more →]

This man sells seeds, maybe small chickpeas, with a twist of lime. It’s a tasty afternoon snack. The paper cones are made of half sheets of paper that are rolled and stacked together. They don’t seem to be used for anything other than an advertisement that he is in the neighborhood. We haven’t seen him [...]

[Read more →]