Egypt impression

Egypt people to my overall impression is very passionate, smart, loquacious, but more lazy.

Of course, different people to Egypt people have different opinions.

If you are a visitor, not luck ran into some nasty people, then you're on Egypt's impression that significantly worse. Might as well let me first tell you that I have heard the most about Egypt negative evaluation: "Egypt temples, pyramids, Red Sea, the OASIS makes me long for the second and third time visit, but Egypt people let me no longer set foot on this land" – a Colombia tourists reviews. I'm on the road, many come to Egypt disappointing, but you stay in this place, the more the longer away from engaging in tourism, you'll get more people to Egypt.

Passion

Egypt is very warm, but not the passion will vary from person to person.

People to see your first words in addition to the "Hello.

How are you?” Other than that which is "Where are you from?" And "What ' s your name?", then no matter where you are coming from, the other namenzi are smile we proudly to say "Welcome to Egypt!" To give people the impression that all people are tourism international friendly ambassadors. “Where are you from?” 、“What’s your name?” Really everyone will say, sometimes you want to go and what he said, he had already expressed shakes speak the other English. Perhaps Egypt English education, this is the most basic communication in English. One of the most classic, I was shopping in downtown Cairo, suddenly there's a shadow before, a girl asked me "What ' s your name?" That gave me a fright, back before God to discover each other is a full-body black gowns, veils around black body only see a pair of bright woman, had been God I politely answers, get each other passionately shaking hands and welcome, I once again was flattered. I'm in Luxor Temple meet of Kanak several from Alexander to tourism in Egypt, they know I am a Chinese, has said "thumb up" La China, Good! ", also took us to photograph. Later the next day and ran in the Valley of the Kings, in addition to the acclaimed Egyptian friendly, no he is photography, also very eager to tell us what Alexander fun place, stood stubbornly trying to talk to you for half an hour will not let you go. Sometimes their enthusiasm to make you some laugh or cry, but in my heart, you're still cherish the warm.

Egypt were generally on the Oriental is a more friendly, especially the Chinese.

If you ask for directions to the people, they will be very warmly for your advice. If not, a little embarrassed, and generally help you ask others, sometimes chaotic point a pass, so my experience is the way to ask more than a few people to avoid being misled and detours.

Of course there are many people with ulterior motives for you with a smile, but most of these people is to pull you to his shop to see paper sand painting, or you rent his car to JISA, or tell you a hotel not clean, his only clean and cheap, don't just ask you to China in Africa and the Middle East dingdingyouming essential balm（20G）, Oh, and the most usual is to ask you to "thin" Barker.

Buck thin? tips! tips have penetrated into the social aspects of life: the museum visit, a tip; help you command backing toilets, tips, tip;; photographed in parks or attractions, tips; taxi driver outside the normal fees but also a tip; what is more, do not provide any services to reach out and ask you to tip. Tip so varied, it is a different culture and traditional background. According to Islamic doctrine, rich donations to the poor and legitimate, natural, with this concept, the "rich" people ask for money not natural batting an eye.

Newcomers to, I walk the road looking for a hotel in my target, but because the Cairo street sign only Arabic, so lost.

An uncle came up and asked me "Can I help you?", I told him I was looking for, he told me "Oh, this hotel although cheap, but not very clean, you'd better go to a certain hotel", exactly he recommended this my travel book, I would not be what brigands, believed him. Along the way, he is still very earnestly to remind me: "Egypt there are a lot of people are unemployed, doing nothing, the bad guys, so don't believe anyone", I hear the words you would like to refute him, what I believe about you, but still couldn't shut up, after all, people are good. Thanks and farewell to, the uncle on the delivery of a card, the original is car rental line of courtesy, I was carrying a heavy rucksack stood in the street to hear his words said he spent penpen's car how cheap, his experience how rich the next day, go to how convenient, JISA finally hear closing, it was once again reminded me of what they do not trust, that I called him up at night to JISA time agreed upon. Then you sure took his car, proved not to trust anyone, this "enthusiasts" takes us to the "Government camel station" ride "the camel" bypass the box office to see the pyramids. Good in Egypt before going out of my classmates have told me to go to the regular ticket office to buy tickets, go beyond a lot cheaper to rent a camel, the uncle didn't squeeze from the us to what oil, but his famous saying "don't run any person" all the way I remember later. Then ask for directions and more of an experience that you want to go on the offense, or else people come together to help you, but trouble and ask women and those of a man and a woman's most insurance, does not run into people with ulterior motives.

Clever GAB

Said that Egypt's clever, GLib can be a compliment or a derogatory.

They (many of which are engaged in tourism) are speaking several languages, sometimes the shop with the multinational force (English, French, Spanish, soil, etc), the owner can n skilled switch between languages, people were amazed. See you are EastParty people face, businessmen also saved a "Where are you from?" To ask you "Japanese?", see you shake, then asked "Korean?" To see or wrong road, a series of select hit over "Taiwanese? Chinese? HongKongnese? Malaysian?” Do not put your home to check out an affidavit does not stop, if you don't pay him, he also complained that "you can't speak English? why me?". Well, tell you about China. The other started talking about friendship, Egypt Egyptian and Chinese are good brothers, Ah, you know that Mubarak? yeah, Egypt's President, he is in China to access it (at that time really), I know your President, called the Jiang Zemin (very magical, the pronunciation is very prospective?), there are a lot of Chinese goods, China thing is cheap and good quality, China, Good! ... ... Just began to retreat, he caught you had better get started to sell him a wide range of goods. You tell he has bought, he also asked you how much money you bought, want you to buy him. "I give you a good price, my Chinese friends. Do you know? my scarf is Egypt cotton, 100% cotton. How much do you know? what color you like red, represents enthusiasm?; blue, Ocean color, yellow, white, desert Ah; my favorite white; green, very green (also do not know the reason — the author namenzi note). Do you know how much money can I give you good price … 20 El pounds. Don't go well, 15. You don't like? 10. Because you are China, 10 El pounds. "Finally talked about 5 EGP, you pick up your favorite color, he said this to 10 EGP, waiting for you when you finish" complaints that the 5 EGP! ", he would be deep-fried twisted dough sticks to tell you that 5 EGP is white, you colour of EGP to 10. Is hell!, you really want to go, he will move you back and sold to you, 5 EGP. Once I have tired of this game, go to the other know annoyed me, take the goods following me walk three blocks, and that a lot of good things about China and Egypt friendly speaks well, I finally did get his things, and hope that he might know what is called credit.

There are unpleasant experience is at the foot of the pyramid.

A Highland is you can see the three biggest pyramid is that visitors to the place, we at Sphynx like feet and camel's master bargaining beginning say 30 EGP 4 personal, we also 20 El pounds, although some trouble, but agree — we think we have reached consensus. Who knows what went into half, one is also relatively high, and the other said, he also knows that we're going to be the heights, but for more than 10 EGP, add up to the original open 30 El pounds. It seems that this price is his reserve price, but the problem is that if 20 EGP you do it, that's the point, without going into half again forcing. If start is 30 EGP, we would not be so angry, then no matter how haoshenghaoqi and told us that doing business is difficult, this price is his price, we are no longer trusted him, who knows he will never go again to switch teams then slaughtered us a knife? this unpleasant experience almost makes me agree with the views of the people of Colombia, and no longer want to come to this place. This is probably the one "smart" Egypt's another show, but often missed by clever clever — at least I will never give them a good look.

Lazy

Back to see the "Economists" on an article about Egypt's economy, and they knew that the official unemployment rate in Egypt is 17.5%, non-official statistics is 20%.

Looking back in Egypt regardless of the size of the city's thriving scene teahouse, you will be convinced of this figure. It was broad daylight, you can also see in the teahouse a table a table of young men sat together, or watch TV soap operas, or playing a card similar to Mahjong, there are many in tunyuntuwu sucked at "Greek summer" (Sheisha) — local a hookah. The shop is until you put things delivered to nose only jogged up with your money (and very strange Street, the vast majority were men, like women are gone, went into the streets of the alley, you can see the woman). My classmate said he also Egypt in Egypt, if he was walking down the street and others take the San, the other will follow you everywhere walk together, and you walk and talk, sit down and have a cup of tea, and so pay up, you will find that there are five or six individuals together with you to go out, you never know when you have five or six individuals together across the city, these people are all day with nothing to do. First we all think our students too exaggerated, came to later find Egypt's high unemployment rate and Egypt's enthusiasm for what he said is absolutely become truth. But a life in Egypt for five years in France were tells us, in fact, in the rural areas of Egypt are industrious, we see the Office-you keep focus city people.

Religious influences

Egypt was originally Christian countries, but ad 639 years Arab invasion brought Islam, Islam became the State religion of Egypt.

Egypt's population nearly 60 million, of which 87% of people believe in Islam. Egypt is the Islamic countries, but from the young women's clothing and nightlife, and so it seems, Egypt to open than the other Arab countries. They dress in young women concentrated adornment, heavy with red lips, small shoulder bag slung, jewelry, very modern rays shenghui. Men also have many dress Briefcase, fast, accurate Western gentleman.

Although Egypt is relatively secular Middle East countries, but see that religion or osmosis with various aspects of Egypt.

Since Islam requires Christians to five times a day to pray, so every prayer time, all the City mosque will be coming to chant.

Led will be people with very rhythmic sound of the Koran in the monitor through the Big HornSpread throughout the city. If you have seen in the streets of Cairo, a group of people collective knees, no wonder, that must be devout Muslims are to pray. No matter where you are, as long as the time comes, you should stop the hands, the heart to God. In the small town of broadcasting in the mosque is heard throughout the whole city, let us such outsiders have inevitably been enveloped in a religious atmosphere. We had a boat along the Nile, a night in a reed island. The next morning I was in the River mosque broadcasting sound to wake up. On the local people, day after day, year after year, it has become their life inalienable part, religion has been deeply flowing in their blood. In the social development of relatively backward in the past, no matter in which civilizations, the religious architectural Association is the civilization Lane, building the most outstanding representatives. In Egypt, the most important cultural monuments mainly temples and mosques. The 21st century, the mosque is Egypt's important social activities. In China, our slogan is "dirt poor not poor education". To Egypt, this sentence can apply for the "dirt poor not poor mosque". Almost each stop of the mosque are larger, first big is impressive, with momentum to a specific time to believers to heart fibrillation. In the city centre on the outside of the "dead zone" (that is, slums, because people dead buried in the ground below, and then in the grave House by this name), and residual brick defeated Watts, some House seems to have the inclination, some corner health status to conceal his nose. But even in such poor living conditions, the mosque is still very decent — although not dignified. Around cleaned, in chambers, stand, internal decoration is simple but not dignified. Exit to found, originally buried in a "dead zone" in the mosque of large "onion head" (that is, it's a round dome), but still very visible, just like the hearts of religion in Egypt: then opacity environment, but also to give the mind remain unspoilt.