Many years ago a friend and myself were staying at the Etap and were doing one day rest and mooch around town and next day a trip out. We had arranged to be picked up at 9 am on our trip out days, so this particular day we had our breakfast and went out to our taxi, after a short while our driver ...

I watched this programme, and have nothing but respect and admiration for the people on it. Their parents had either not registered them at birth or marriage was not registered and this has caused all the problems. However, they are all working hard to provide for their families, and in the case of ...

Watched the same Al Jazeera item as Teddy Bear, they kept linking up by mobile with screaming females, and I must admit that when one of them suddenly said ( mid scream ) I'm Egyptian Irish ... I thought what the hell is all this about ?
Talk about planting people with scripts & agendas, anyone ...

Hepzibah .. The child's picture you have posted is really touching.

From my first visit in 1988, I met with lovely locals mostly obviously muslims, yet they never went on about it and going into shops and seeing the coptic cross tattoos on peoples wrists, all happy, good people getting on with life ...

For heavens sake Jewel !!!

Can't you see what is happening in Egypt & other places courtesy of the MB, Al quaeda etc.

Who exactly do you think are burning churches, hotels etc ??

Some stand has to be made against them, or would you rather wait until along with churches they blow up the ancient ...

Very good points made by Barb & others .... very normal human reactions to such a thing.

Stan & CE, however are showing a very Nick Clegg side. Some things are just wrong and it's pathetic to go all understanding & wishy washy about them.

Chocolate Eclair " Actions speak louder than words "

Oh yes ... and his " actions " spoke very loudly ... I wonder just what someone would have to do before you condemn them.

Arab Springs ?? It's been bloody chaos wherever it's happened.

:worry: :worry:

Just wondering here ... but over a couple of topics I'm seeing references to burglaries & attacks, the type of burglaries must be different to the norm as I don't recall seeing such methods being commented on before.
Then another post reports an influx of Syrians. So I'm kinda wondering if there is ...

Well done on the new look Keefy, you must have had a hell of a lot of work to do on it. :wi

However ..... Is there any way to get rid of the "chat" box, bottom right hand corner. Now I loved the mobile snowflakes at Christmas but this is having the same effect on me that they did on others even ...

Wizards tale of the marbles got me thinking ....

I remember so vividly my marbles I had as a child, I can even see the bag I kept them in. Thing is I can't remember ever getting rid of them and yet along with so many other things I remember from childhood they have gone. :cry:

I have been sat ...

I'm another collector of pieces of rock from all over the place. A bit from the Petrified Forest in Arizona, pink granite from Phillae, bits of coral that had been washed up on the beach plus others that sit around the fire.

Also I have a tendency to collect seed pods from any flowering plant, tree ...

Loved them Stan, thank you for putting them on here.

I'm a No too.

I prefer it as it is now, wouldn't like it to become a staged set. They've already moved the stones around too much.

Dear Bennu !!!!

Just envious that's all !!!

I just love Florence myself.

Have a lovely Christmas.

Have seen a few You Tubes by Jane recently, always very positive about Luxor & WB.

Plus Bennu ...... are you really in Florence ? if so, then in a very nice way can I say that envy is almost making me hate you !!!