so what about all these places i´m trying to discover... what about all the people?
The human angle??

i am due to talk to Sara in Egypt in half n hour os so.... i could do with some relaxed human interraction ... its all abit frought behind me...

When talking about Egypt we have to talk about the Nile... The pharhaos...

what is it like to live in Cairo today...

The 16 million people who live in Cairo, the largest city in the Middle East and Africa, generate over 9,000 tons of garbage every day. At no cost to the government, a group of poor and displaced settlers from Egypt's rural south, the majority of who are Coptic Christians, have developed an economy and community from collecting the city's trash. Known as the Zaballeen, or "garbage collectors", they not only help to maintain the cleanliness of the city, but sort out all recyclable materials to sell back to the manufacturers. Because of their efforts, 80-90% of all the garbage they collect is recycled and re-used. This unique income-generating model is an extraordinary example of environmental sustainability that has been lauded, studied and replicated around the world.
While the estimated 65,000 Zaballeen provide a valuable service to the city and the environment, they are not formally recognized by the government and are largely rejected by Egyptian society because of the stigma associated with their work. Most are illiterate and suffer from health problems due to the piles of waste that occupy their district. In addition, the government has recently secured contracts with foreign multi-national waste disposal companies in an attempt to modernize Egypt. These contracts cost millions of dollars, demand collection fees from the citizens of Cairo, and require only 20% of the waste to be recycled. (from Kidswithcameras.com)

There´s 65,000/16,000,000´s answer... either way those numbers seem unreal. statistics, estimates, percentages, slices of the pie, lists of potential maladys, unique characteristics, laudable efforts... the stories write themselves from that dont they?