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Quick Note From Mannheim (Formerly Luxor)...

Dv2005-08_tiny by crashdan on

Hey everyone... wish I could post up a picture, but I haven't had any chance to get them out of my cameras into anything that's capable of internet access. The Sheraton only provides high cost access so this is the best I can do. Shame, because I have pictures of an LBS, Cairo style! Anyway, I've been to the Valley of the Kings, Luxor Temple, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Habu Temple, Temple of Philae and dove on Cleopatras palace and the base of the Pharos of Alexandria... so I've been keeping busy. I've also eaten some positively fantastic food... fuul medame, kushary, local falafel with beans not chickpeas, all tasty, tasty, tasty. And the coffee... the coffee is something beyond measure... Turkish, medium sweet. Beautiful. I'll be back in about a week with pics. Hope everything's going well! Now Zoe can't yell at me...

Star-divide

UPDATE NOV-30 - I've successfully made it to Mannheim Germany now and for the first time I have full internet access on my own laptop! So I've uploaded some photos below for you guys. Went to the Weinachtsmarkt in Ladenburg this afternoon and will go to the one in Mannheim tomorrow for a little Christmas shopping, insh'allah.

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Helloooo Dan!

Bring me some baklava won’t you? Pleeeez?!

by Albertina on Nov 26, 2008 9:16 AM EST   0 recs

Most important question

Have you been bowling yet?

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Nov 26, 2008 9:22 AM EST   0 recs

I wonder if he stole any toes?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Nov 26, 2008 1:27 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Funny you should mention that...

… the answer is, sadly, no… however, Luxor did just open up it’s first bowling alley… two lanes!

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by crashdan on Nov 30, 2008 11:40 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

Hi Dan!

(cough) Look over here! (cough)

My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

by bethie on Nov 26, 2008 10:02 AM EST   0 recs

Hola!

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by crashdan on Dec 3, 2008 6:43 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

How sad am I that the first thing I thought of was a hotel in Las Vegas.

by Katiek on Nov 26, 2008 10:20 AM EST   0 recs

Actually

if you read it closely, there’s nothing in his post that proves he’s not in Vegas. I’m going with Vegas.

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Nov 26, 2008 2:07 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

I thought that too.

In my defense, it is the hotel in which I spent my wedding night (and I’ve never yet made it to Egypt).

by majope on Nov 26, 2008 3:18 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

If you get a room in the pyramid

just behind the sphinx, drink a wee bit, and then look out the window…. the view should cause quite the giggle. ;-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Nov 26, 2008 3:26 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Come to think of it

Didn’t he say he was going to “Egypt”?

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by Chris... on Nov 26, 2008 4:36 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

One of CrashDan's many adventures on this trip I am sure... :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Nov 26, 2008 10:32 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

I can't believe you guys...

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by crashdan on Nov 30, 2008 11:52 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

Anyone else a little jealous?

And this is only like the first 1/2 of his trip right?

Happy Thanksgiving to all the US gang!
Have a wonderful holiday weekend!!!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Nov 26, 2008 1:29 PM EST   0 recs

Falafel with Beans instead of Chickpeas!!!

This intrigues me.

Any recipes?

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Nov 26, 2008 5:09 PM EST   0 recs

Not for the Falafel, although I'm sure the Google can provide reference material...

… but did get instructions on “Bird’s Tongue Soup” (spoiler alert: no bird’s tongues involved), Koshary and Fuul. I’ll share when I get back.

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by crashdan on Nov 30, 2008 11:54 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

That sounds gross. If it's not birds tongue in it, what is?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Nov 30, 2008 3:12 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Orzo pasta...

… looks like little bird’s tongues. They must have a surfeit of bird’s tongues laying about since one of the favorite Egyptian meals is stuffed pigeon, which I sadly wasn’t able to partake in… but it looked fantastic.

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by crashdan on Dec 1, 2008 11:23 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

The soup is now sounding better.

Hope you share the recipe. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 1, 2008 12:54 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

I would never yell but I might scold.

Thanks for the update. Sounds like a fantastic trip. It’ll be interesting to see your pictures. I too saw this post’s headline and immediately thought you meant the Luxor in Vegas. Heh.

I just returned from 4 days in a cabin at Lake Tahoe with 5 teenagers. We had a nice time. Although why do teenegers go to Tahoe to only sit inside and play video games? I finally made them all go outside.

by ZoeRochelle on Nov 26, 2008 6:36 PM EST   0 recs

You survived! YEAH!!!!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Nov 26, 2008 10:32 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Other than catching them using airsoft guns

 to shoot cans off the loft bannister in the house all went well. Well, of course, that is what caught them doing. Wonders what I didn’t catch.

by ZoeRochelle on Nov 27, 2008 1:31 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

mmm, photos

looking forward to that part…

by gavia on Nov 26, 2008 10:06 PM EST   0 recs

Damn

and here I thought I was going to impress with a few photos of the entrance of a crumbling velodrome in Buenos Aires (tried to get in, then thought better after a man started yelling something involving the world “polícia” many times). Very jealous of the trek, Dan. Enjoy it.

by Sui Juris on Nov 28, 2008 12:50 PM EST   0 recs

I had no idea there was a Velodrome in BA...

… If you’re still there, I HIGHLY recommend the restaurant “”http://www.lasnazarenas.com.ar/" target="new">Las Nazarenas" near Ezmeralda on Reconquista. Look for the waiter that looks like the Argentine version of Marty Feldman!

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by crashdan on Nov 30, 2008 11:50 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

Ok... now I'm in Germany...

Finally out of Africa and got to Mannheim yesterday afternoon successfully where I will now endeavor to shop in the Weinachtsmarkts and find a Schweinshaxe to eat.

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by crashdan on Nov 30, 2008 11:55 AM EST   0 recs

Shopping in Germany huh...

I hear there are some cycling teams on the market…bargain prices. Everything must sell !!!

by Hons on Dec 1, 2008 12:37 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

I looked at the Weinachtsmarkt for a team ...

… I was going to give it to Bjarne Riis as a Christmas Present.

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by crashdan on Dec 1, 2008 11:23 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

Look... one of those outlaw guys. ha ha.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Nov 30, 2008 3:15 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

those are some...

mighty long legs, mister!

by nickel17 on Nov 30, 2008 5:05 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

J Peterman, Is that you?

Carlos Sastre - Tour de France winner - Born From Jets

by Jens on Dec 1, 2008 1:41 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Don't start with me dude...

… the amount of brown clothing I’m wearing is TAME compared to the freshly purchased and pressed khaki safari outfits that the T.E. Lawrence wannabe Brits were wearing at the Sheraton Luxor.

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by crashdan on Dec 1, 2008 4:33 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Khaki is tan

while the ensemble that you are wearing in that photo is brown. Clearly he is not J. Peterman. More like C. Sanders with his wee beady eyes and that smug look on his face…

by Jimbo... on Dec 1, 2008 11:40 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

C'mon, Jimbo...

What could you possible have against the Colonel?

by itswells on Dec 2, 2008 5:04 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

"Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartass! "

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Dec 2, 2008 7:06 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

So are we suggesting...

that crashdan is NOT on vacation but is actually at the secret tri-annual meeting of “The Pentaverate”?

by itswells on Dec 2, 2008 7:35 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

KFC is the one with the motto

of “It’s finger lickin’ good”, right?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 2, 2008 10:07 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

He's at a secret mountain resort in Colorado, known as

“the Meadows.”

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Dec 2, 2008 12:31 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

It's a well known fact, Sonny Jim

Have you seen the Queen on your teevee lately? How about the Getty’s? The Rothschilds? The Pope?

by Jimbo... on Dec 2, 2008 12:49 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

"Hey Mom, I find it interesting that

you refer to The Weekly World News as ‘The Paper’."

I think you should change your site name to Sonny Jim – that line always killed me.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Dec 2, 2008 1:02 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

+1

…or we can just start calling him Sonny Jim anyway.

by itswells on Dec 2, 2008 1:15 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Sonny Jimbo

I like the sound of that…

by Jimbo... on Dec 2, 2008 1:37 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

If anyone ever signs on here as Vicki -

should we assume their real name is John Johnson?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 2, 2008 2:26 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Head! Move! Now!

Bahhhh… It’s like an orange on a toothpick!

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by crashdan on Dec 3, 2008 6:45 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

No, no, no.. .it's not the tri-annual meeting of The Pentaverate...

… it’s the pent-annual meeting of the Trilateral Commission.

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by crashdan on Dec 3, 2008 6:44 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

I didn't see those before...

… and here I was trying my best to avoid taking pictures of the “shamed parts”. Apparently the Pharaoh’s spent equal time smiting the Hittites and walking around with hard-ons.

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by crashdan on Dec 3, 2008 6:49 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

suspect that would be Min--

fertility god who crowns the Pharaohs.

by JFS_PGH on Dec 6, 2008 7:32 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Ruins of a Hypostyle Hall at Habu Temple

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by crashdan on Nov 30, 2008 12:39 PM EST   0 recs

+1

I love that. You should sell it to National Geographic or something!

by Albertina on Nov 30, 2008 6:23 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Yeah... I'm pathetically proud of that one.

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by crashdan on Dec 1, 2008 11:31 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

Did you

wait to time it so the guy hit the shaft of light? Nicely done.

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Dec 1, 2008 2:23 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Actually...

… I spent about 10 minutes while my family was just standing around, getting the light metering right so that the back sky wouldn’t blow out as white entirely and as I finally got it all dialed in right, this guy just stepped right in front of me and walked down the aisle between the columns far enough to walk dramatically through the light and then made a right turn and I never saw him again.

Right place, right time, right equipment, right application. In my experience, it happens very, very, very infrequently.

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by crashdan on Dec 1, 2008 4:27 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Awesome luck - amazing photo.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 1, 2008 11:04 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

One of the Colossi of Memnon...

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by crashdan on Nov 30, 2008 12:43 PM EST   0 recs

Is the smoke

from drinking the coffee?

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris... on Dec 1, 2008 2:24 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Dude, those are so amzingly awesome

Especially the coffee and hookah shot.

"He is so impressive, his aura can be seen from space. He is left handed….and right handed. When he walks into a Turkish bizarre, vendors line up to buy HIS goods.

His name? Crashdan."

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Nov 30, 2008 1:38 PM EST   0 recs

You ever been in a Turkish prison?

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by crashdan on Dec 1, 2008 11:30 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

No, but

I do like movies about gladiators.

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."

by Drew... on Dec 1, 2008 12:55 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Thanks :)

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by crashdan on Dec 1, 2008 11:30 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

The pictures are awesome.

They look more like those we’d see from magazines versus from someones vacation. Very nice.
Can’t wait to hear more about the whole trip and see more pictures. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Nov 30, 2008 3:15 PM EST   0 recs

Oh I got plenty of "Me, Dad, Sharon and Robyn at Temples X, Y and Z" shots in the mix...

… at last count I was at 1,017… not including the ones I’ve taken since I got to Germany.

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by crashdan on Dec 1, 2008 11:30 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

You typed it...

do we get to tease you now or should we hold it in until you get back?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 1, 2008 1:19 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Have at it... the shit I got from my coworkers and JD at the gym...

when I said “I’m going with Robyn” has inured me to ribbing on the subject at this point :)

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by crashdan on Dec 1, 2008 4:29 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Serves ya right - ha ha. lol!

Now… this time are the coworkers going to make you crop her out of the photos or are smiling and hoping this time is the charm. :-P You do deserve some crap though. I thought you should get some when she spent the week at your place but in all fun and giving you shit, you guys do have some good fun vacationing. Keep the pics coming, they’re awesome. :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on Dec 1, 2008 11:08 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Goddamnit, Dan

Not even a couple of days back, and you’ve kicked my travelbug up again. Excellent shots.

(and speaking of waiting for prayers – the muezin stays with you, doesn’t it?)

by Sui Juris on Nov 30, 2008 3:52 PM EST   0 recs

Haunting and beautiful sound....

….but not when you’re trying to sleep!

by Albertina on Nov 30, 2008 6:24 PM EST