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Christmas in Cairo with Tara started with a walk in Zamalek
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Our first full day started with breakfast in Azhar Park
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Then we headed into Darb al-Ahmar, stopping first in Maydan Asad (Lion Square)
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Dyed cotton drying on the roof above Maydan Asad
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A bakery below Azhar Park
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We tried to learn about the sabil-kuttab from the women
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The masharubia has been stripped from this once grand house
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So much more agreeable than the motorbikes that roar through the lanes
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Then we found a market street I knew was the one I'd walked with Rick & Gena
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Idle men on Al-Sosogyah Al-Maghrabin
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Maybe rabbits only jump forward and not down
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Weighing the beans
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In her own world
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A colossal cabbage
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Yellow, orange, red!
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Serenity
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Cucumbers, cauliflower, and chicks
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The date vendor
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Selecting the tiny eggplants
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Eager to be photographed
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Opposite Ibn Tulun Mosque
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Treats for my holiday party on Tara's second evening in Cairo
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Tara meets the RELO Cairo family
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Back in Aswan!
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We visited a Nubian village where I was sad for the crocodiles, trapped in their small cages
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Tradition & technology
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Tara hennaed with an Eye of Ra
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Eye of Ra done, Ruth gets a henna ankh
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Brings back fond memories of Senegal and other places with exterior wall paintings
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The prettiest wall in the village
