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Besides taking the name of God in vain, locals commits others rogueries: yesterday we had a «camel» in the desert. I was on my dromedary and before me there was a man riding on a donkey (or was it an ass?), who held the reins. Suddenly, when we were among the dunes, he let them go (the reins, mom!), he gave a great pat to the humped animal and the beast launched to a gallop on the hot sand. To stop the dromedary he asked for 5 dollars, a pen and a cap. A friend of mine refused to pay: they didn’t do anything but he is still wandering around in the sand. The Egyptians, my dear mother, have a great passion for puzzles. Tomorrow, the guide said, they will take us on a ship and we will do the «cruisewords» on the Nile. A lady from Rome has already been there and says that it is «very charming». Maybe, I don’t expect much.
These gentlemen here, dear mommy, are really copycat. Do you remember 10 days ago we went to the lake, to Gardaland, to see Abu-Simbel? Imagine, Egyptians are so shameless that to attract tourists they rebuilt the same in the desert. What is worse is that, in order to recreate the location, they built even the (artificial) lake erecting a dike in Assuan: that’s crazy. Mommy, I have a lot of fun, but I have a lot of trouble «eating». Here you cannot find pizzas. There is no way to snag pasta and you cannot drink wine. I always eat meat. But yesterday the guide told me that stew is made by cat meat. I did not believe him but, from today, to be in no doubt, I only eat watermelons and melons. The ancient Egyptians had a horrible calligraphy, they mixed up letters and strange drawings with animals, men, objects. You don’t understand anything at all! Modern Egyptians, my dear, are even worse: they write from right to left and in order to read their «works» you need to use a mirror: mom, Leonardo was Arab, isn’t it? So we are doing a nice holiday, tiring, but full of surprises. We will be back in 3 days, when we will have finished the «cruisewords» on the Nile.
