Cairo is HOT!

[jafar00]

Hi there. I've arrived in Cairo and it's a hot summer. Many feel it is the hottest Ramadan ever since it doesn't drop below 33C at night which is a little unusual. It makes fasting a real challenge (this is what Jihad is btw :p).

It's pretty calm here apart from a small pro Morsi demonstration in Tahrir Sq last night after he removed the last vestiges of military rule from the country. Egypt now has a fully civilian government! :)

Here's a few pics.

http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/10950d90-c5b8-012f-fe41-12313926a517/r600x600.jpg
http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/16790480-c5f0-012f-3e18-123139080f1d/r600x600.jpg
http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/607b75e0-c6e0-012f-1934-12313916f27d/r600x600.jpg

[Kathianne]

Global warming? I mean Egypt's not usually hot, right?

[Said1]

Aww, that's a pretty sad looking little horse. Is that a spiff in your hand? Tsk, tsk.

Cool photos, though!

[jafar00]

Global warming? I mean Egypt's not usually hot, right?

It is usually hot, but this summer seems hotter than I remember and the locals feel it too.


Aww, that's a pretty sad looking little horse. Is that a spiff in your hand? Tsk, tsk.

Cool photos, though!

Horses and Donkeys are a common sight in Cairo traffic especially with farmers taking their harvest to market. They do look sad sometimes but they are generally looked after well.

I was having a shisha, not a spliff lol. I like grape/mint the most. It's nice to have a good $3.50 shisha especially when the same costs $35 back in Sydney!

[jimnyc]

No hookah? Never used one myself for legit reasons, but back in my late teenager years, a friend of mine had a monster sized hookah with 8 hoses and we would all get high at the same time! :420:

[jimnyc]

Hi there. I've arrived in Cairo and it's a hot summer. Many feel it is the hottest Ramadan ever since it doesn't drop below 33C at night which is a little unusual.

Damn, isn't that like mid-90's then at night? How hot does it get during the day?

[gabosaurus]

According to Weather Underground, today's high in Cairo was 95 and the low was 75.
The normal average high for early August is 90, while the normal low is 68.

[fj1200]

According to Weather Underground...

They've come a long way from bombing banks.

[Voted4Reagan]

They've come a long way from bombing banks.

Bill Ayres and Bernadette Dorn are doing the Weather?

Obama must be pleased.....

;):laugh:;)

[gabosaurus]

Dang, I walked right into that one. :lame2:

[Noir]

They've come a long way from bombing banks.

Omg XD

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Hi there. I've arrived in Cairo and it's a hot summer. Many feel it is the hottest Ramadan ever since it doesn't drop below 33C at night which is a little unusual. It makes fasting a real challenge (this is what Jihad is btw :p).

It's pretty calm here apart from a small pro Morsi demonstration in Tahrir Sq last night after he removed the last vestiges of military rule from the country. Egypt now has a fully civilian government! :)

Here's a few pics.

http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/10950d90-c5b8-012f-fe41-12313926a517/r600x600.jpg
http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/16790480-c5f0-012f-3e18-123139080f1d/r600x600.jpg
http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/607b75e0-c6e0-012f-1934-12313916f27d/r600x600.jpg

Heading back home for some "specialised training" eh?;) Just be careful sometimes training like that is difficult to do without making serious mistakes, eh? :laugh:-Tyr

[Drummond]

They've come a long way from bombing banks.

They stick a finger in the air and see which way the bombs are blowing ?

[Nukeman]

Hi there. I've arrived in Cairo and it's a hot summer. Many feel it is the hottest Ramadan ever since it doesn't drop below 33C at night which is a little unusual. It makes fasting a real challenge (this is what Jihad is btw :p).

It's pretty calm here apart from a small pro Morsi demonstration in Tahrir Sq last night after he removed the last vestiges of military rule from the country. Egypt now has a fully civilian government! :)

Here's a few pics.

http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/10950d90-c5b8-012f-fe41-12313926a517/r600x600.jpg
http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/16790480-c5f0-012f-3e18-123139080f1d/r600x600.jpg
http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/607b75e0-c6e0-012f-1934-12313916f27d/r600x600.jpgThanks for sharing, we have had some very bad heat this year. We had 4 weeks of over 100f which is unheard of here, we are usualy around 85-90 for the summer with a dip into the 70's at night, not this summer though.. Finally cooled down for the last week and have been getting some much needed rain, we went 8 weeks with no rain which has dessimated our corn crop!!! Enjoy and stay cool!!:beer:

[jafar00]

No hookah? Never used one myself for legit reasons, but back in my late teenager years, a friend of mine had a monster sized hookah with 8 hoses and we would all get high at the same time! :420:

Alas it was only tobacco :p


Damn, isn't that like mid-90's then at night? How hot does it get during the day?

It was 40C today with 12% humidity. Dry as hell. I got some colour in my face too :)

At 4am as I type this it is just 26C which is a very pleasant cool change ;)


Heading back home for some "specialised training" eh?;) Just be careful sometimes training like that is difficult to do without making serious mistakes, eh? :laugh:-Tyr

Can't you go a day without entering a thread created for fun and accusing me of being a terrorist? :lame2:

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Can't you go a day without entering a thread created for fun and accusing me of being a terrorist? :lame2:

You cut me to the quick . I surely meant religious training not bomb making. ;)
Now I have to question your sense of humor..-Tyr

[jafar00]

You cut me to the quick . I surely meant religious training not bomb making. ;)
Now I have to question your sense of humor..-Tyr

"specialised training" in quotes usually means only one thing from you :p

[jafar00]

http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/4a4dc6d0-c85c-012f-7849-1231381545dc/r600x600.jpg
Here's a quick one I took in the taxi yesterday on the way for Iftar with my brother in law.

Tahrir Square, which was symbolic of Egypts transition from dictatorship to democracy is today populated by small gatherings of protesters and has become a place where people come to voice their opinions. Like a speaker's corner. Such a thing would have been unthinkable under the Mubarak regime. Egypt these days is a place where people can be politically active and voice their opinion without fear of being jailed or "disappeared".

[Nukeman]

http://img.viame-cdn.com/photos/4a4dc6d0-c85c-012f-7849-1231381545dc/r600x600.jpg
Here's a quick one I took in the taxi yesterday on the way for Iftar with my brother in law.

Tahrir Square, which was symbolic of Egypts transition from dictatorship to democracy is today populated by small gatherings of protesters and has become a place where people come to voice their opinions. Like a speaker's corner. Such a thing would have been unthinkable under the Mubarak regime. Egypt these days is a place where people can be politically active and voice their opinion without fear of being jailed or "disappeared".

Jafar, Do you think that will continue as the Muslim Brotherhood solidifies their hold on the govt?? Tehy haven't been know for their warm fuzzy side you know!?!?!?

[jimnyc]

Here's a quick one I took in the taxi yesterday on the way for Iftar with my brother in law.

How big of a deal and how do you guys "celebrate" Iftar in an Islamic country? A few times so far I have went to meet up with my friends for Iftar, and they have a small feast like it's a mini Thanksgiving to me in comparison. None of my friends have any family here though, so they always get together amongst themselves to break the fast. I'm curious if it's a bigger event in an all Islamic area. I know Eid is a much bigger deal, as for that they go to the local mosque and school and have a massive feast, and there they have Muslims from all over the county meeting up for the celebration.

[jafar00]

How big of a deal and how do you guys "celebrate" Iftar in an Islamic country? A few times so far I have went to meet up with my friends for Iftar, and they have a small feast like it's a mini Thanksgiving to me in comparison. None of my friends have any family here though, so they always get together amongst themselves to break the fast. I'm curious if it's a bigger event in an all Islamic area. I know Eid is a much bigger deal, as for that they go to the local mosque and school and have a massive feast, and there they have Muslims from all over the county meeting up for the celebration.

We invite each other around to eat/drink and the men go together to pray Tarawih (Ramadan prayers). Iftar is like having Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner every day for a month. It's families and good friends (and even strangers) getting together. Eid in Egypt is a 3 day celebration and a public holiday. The whole place is full of life and happy people. I love it :)