tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post6982333420818248438..comments2024-03-08T11:16:16.812+00:00Comments on A Postcard a Day: The Cairo Nile Hilton HotelSheila @ A Postcard a Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09140046386364588303noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-72405001112586858222012-12-28T11:20:01.776+00:002012-12-28T11:20:01.776+00:00This is indeed Cairo, Sheila - and Tahrir Square n...This is indeed Cairo, Sheila - and Tahrir Square no less. The building in the background is the Nile Hilton (now Nile Ritz Charlton under reconstruction). The little sphinx, is sadly, not there anymore.Abdelrahmanhttp://tectonicshifts.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-55141236489374607132012-12-14T10:24:21.329+00:002012-12-14T10:24:21.329+00:00I've only just seen this one as it came up und...I've only just seen this one as it came up under, 'you might also like'. The sphinx would be in the small garden in front of the museum, you can see another statue in the background, so it's taken standing in front of the museum. This is the side of the hotel that faces onto Tahrir Square, whenever I catch a glimpse on it on any news footage these days it looks under construction/renovation.Lisa Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562101358640638937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-13919359823936863132010-10-01T17:32:52.419+01:002010-10-01T17:32:52.419+01:00I can't help but admit I thought Las Vegas too...I can't help but admit I thought Las Vegas too, when I saw the card but then I realised the eyes weren't lit up and sparkly. Couldn't possibly be Las Vegas in that case. <br /><br />You need to tell your colleague that it might be more cost effective to buy a sun bed.<br /><br />I keep meaning to put together all the cards from the cargo ship, and chart some sort of progress. Some day.Sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-66231634661925229362010-09-30T21:37:40.010+01:002010-09-30T21:37:40.010+01:00Seeing the sphinx, I thought not of Cairo but of L...Seeing the sphinx, I thought not of Cairo but of Las Vegas! Never been to either place though. A woman from a neighbouring office at work told me that she was going on holiday to Egypt a few days ago, she'll be there now "Aswan? Valley of the Kings? cataracts of the Nile, cruising on a felucca?" I asked. "No", she said. "I don't like doing all that stuff, I'll be working on my tan by the hotel pool"<br /><br />"GAK!", I thought.<br />Wasted opportunity. Maybe she should have just bought a UV lamp and stayed at home in her bedroom.<br />Whereas me? Oh yes. I'm with the chap on the cargo ship. I always wanted to work my passage on a filthy old schooner to Papeete.<br />Or hitch a ride on a Dakota over the purple plain and into Burma.<br />I drop by occasionally and lurk, because I do, truly, get the allure of random postcards. I love to find them and real faded words from bygone times, "Dear Reginald, just a few moments to write. How different all this is from home, the smells, the jabber of the natives. The flying-boat is wonderful, yesterday we saw a lot of islands. Tomorrow is a rest-day, then we fly on friday to Singapore, Toodle-Pip!, Lilian"soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-89385176023853368912010-09-30T21:29:43.217+01:002010-09-30T21:29:43.217+01:00Yes, otherwise it would be just another of those c...Yes, otherwise it would be just another of those concrete blocks they used to love so much. :)Sheila @ A Postcard a Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140046386364588303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673631888005019643.post-39039071113024955652010-09-30T16:34:23.363+01:002010-09-30T16:34:23.363+01:00The Sphinx certainly adds something special to the...The Sphinx certainly adds something special to the photograph.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.com