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Luxor International Hospital
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El-Desoky: 373999/0106682156
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Omar Market: 2387001 (free...
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We will hold a village party Hepzi, has a thank you for their respect and help over the past 7 years, regarding my last thing to do, it will not need a blue touch paper, just a string around the head...
You can get a visa extension that will allow you to live in Luxor for one year simply by taking your passport, a photocopy of the main details from your passport (main page...
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WI, Australia has always been a bit of a thorn in the side unless you are an Asylum Seeker.
To get a Visa to emigrate and work in Australia is around 16,000 English pounds, but for an English person...
On Mrs D's post about Arkwrights, someone kindly posted a photo, which I have printed to bring with me to make finding it easier. Could someone please post one of Omar's and the other food stores and...
Saturday we are off to Luxor to get a couple of birds..
Last saturday in Ace Charity Shop spotted Mo our Amazon man in Little Brit St, nice guy from Gurna.
He was round again today with, it's always...
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Give over, Keefy! You know as well (if not better!) than I and many others do; Egypt is all smoke and mirrors, nothing is as it's made out to be.
Not a very interesting subject, I'll give you that, unless you live in Egypt on the WB..
4 days ago half the house went blank, no 'sweat been to long to let a little thing like that worry me..
Ragab...
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Nice post, I used to live on the canals, which is err, slightly off the grid, except for pump-outs, diesel,water, food all the simple things in life.
We even had glass solar panels back in 1992 big...
Saturday, shopping over the Dark Side or Luxor as it's known over here, on 'Da Bright Side o d'Nile...
IPhone in hand with pics to find a UV solar reflective coat for my 'fantazz' water storage...
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This morning Ahmed and I went off to Quorm Lola in the 'turo cycle ruddy bumpy lane to visit a journo pal whos'
off to London then the States for 2 months.
Egyptians who should know me well or who have fought for years to find the courage to talk to this scary woman, insist that I am a very famous Dutch woman living in Ramla, where I rarely step foot....
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Oh, I have enjoyed some delicious cheeses from UK and even once bought Blue Stilton at Arkwrights in Luxor. There are many good ones in DK, so no need to buy Danablu.
I just arrived in Athens,...
So, I have it on good authority that anybody/ ex-pat living in luxor needs to shut all their North facing windows.
Now! Tonight !
Any window really and doors.....
Tape up all those little holes...
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I bin there, dun that even got the T-Shirt,,,
TKCE. The Karnak Clothing Emporium they made t-shirts for hotels and shorts for me...'just saying! xxx 8)
You don't have to be mad to 'Live in Luxor' but it certainly does help..
After sorting my various mental phone problems down gezira, then back for the Amazon man, Oh! and another
canalside fire, we...
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Here's the supermarket: round the corner...
The West Bank is going right upmarket.... 8)
That is a very inviting supermarket. Most of what I have bought there have cost the same as everywhere...
In fact anybody not working follows the karrakka and it's boss down the canal.
The boss is currently been on our bridge drinking iced karkada and sleeping..
I'm knocking them down like 9 pins..
Yesterday I serviced my compressor, and now it's working all over the house..
'blowin dem cobwebs away'...
I'll be spray varnishing most wood things this coming...
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Nice to see you getting back into the swing of things and getting the old Hacianda back into shape and ready for what looks like a hot summer.
I was away from Luxor for 12 years, if I recall...
My mate Ragab tuk-tuk owner,10 houses down the canal, works for Maria the owner of Drourff, Geof,
Jorff whatever Palace.
Took me for an eyeopening tuk tuk ride yesterday, all over from LaGalta to...
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The west Bank certainly looked a lot different when I stepped off the passenger ferry. I could hardly belive my eyes.
A new plaza, a footpath along the bank of the Nile and loads of villas.
Thr...
Stayed shopping today down in Gezira, it can be a bit hectic even during Ramadan.
Got back had a chat with my pal Ragab, turns out most of the good 'afune comes from Assuit
and Sohag they grow the...
So been here since boxing day and have just got wifi, well sort of...
5 years worth of work on the 'old adobe hacienda to be done.
I have been having massages by Mustapha down in Gezera Gardens due...
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To add some colour to the story.
During our 1st revolution all the 'kleftis (tea-leaves) were stealing loads of trucks traversing Aswan to Cairo.
All down to Mubarak letting them all out of 'nick to...
For the last four days there has been practically no water supply in central Luxor. Apparently there is a major break in the mains water pipe.
I feel very sad for majority of the population who have...
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Happy to say after a major leak (not good in a mud brick house ) today we installed three new water pumps.
Ditching the old balloon type pumps, Wow the water pressure is what I always dreamed of...
It takes time to adjust which I am happily achieving, a minor leak having leaked for years.
It is being fixed by Mo Sabak, who has built and maintained my mad water ideas for 18 years.
Nick worried...
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0645hrs this morning over my shack.
So, I have decided to sew my own windsock before this becomes a daily event, and my chimney or dome disappears.
It's all down to him uptop and the...
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