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God!dont any of you think that it is safer to play russian roullette with a fully loaded Revolver than to cross a road in cairo?? Posts: 998 | From: UK,Egypt,east and central africa..... | Registered: Oct 2006
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yes I agree...and the drivers are so rude to boot, if they see you begin to cross, they hit the gas and aim right at you...
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MAKE SURE YOUR INSURED TO BE TAKEN HOME IF YOU SUCCUMB TO BEING HIT BY A DRIVER IN CAIRO ,IM MUSLIM BUT I MANY TIMES DID THE CROSS ON MY CHEST AS I RAN FOR DEAR LIFE Posts: 4597 | Registered: Jun 2006
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omg cant you get a joke when its done for godsake get off the coffee i do as i say and when and where i want im who iam and i do as i please ur not my maker ok get off my bck will yah
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I never really had problems crossing the street in Cairo. Although in the beginning it was kind of scary but I just stepped on the road and people in general noticed that I want to cross over and slowed down their cars..... it wasn't that bad.
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What street and I can move there. I work on the corniche and I have never crossed the road by myself other than a friday morning
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whenever i think of crossing the road i get the image of neo from the matrix. u more or less need his moves and skills to cross the road safely
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quote:Originally posted by maxman: Wow tigerlily,there must be something special in your step,maybe you waltz on the tarmac??
hahahahahaha remember shes TIGERLILLY its not that she waltzes over its how she doesit ... growwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwl.... i cant get over the zebra crossing they have there the first time i went there i stopped and waited and waited for the cars to stop and my husband said what you doing im saying the cars should have stopped by now he strted laughing i didnt i wanst amused ,he siad this is EGYPT not ENGLAND they do things the wway they want to i wasnt amused i was fuming cause ifell stupid so i went across and shoute d STOP IM CROSSING NOW....he said another thing be careful u can get arrested for that cus ur thrwing ur arms about ,,so i strted to walk like a penguin he then walked on ahead of me cus he was trying not to laugh ,,cus im stupid u see ..
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quote:Originally posted by sunburnt: What street and I can move there. I work on the corniche and I have never crossed the road by myself other than a friday morning
I worked at the corniche too (Maspero) and boy - that's what I call traffic! Posts: 30135 | From: The owner of this website killed ES....... | Registered: Feb 2004
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quote:Originally posted by sunburnt: What street and I can move there. I work on the corniche and I have never crossed the road by myself other than a friday morning
I worked at the corniche too (Maspero) and boy - that's what I call traffic!
Tiger & Sunburnt, BBC? Video Cairo? TV Building? Posts: 3128 | From: Not Your Heaven | Registered: Sep 2006
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I heard that they plan to move almost completely all offices from the TV building. What's going to happen to the house itself? Did you hear more news about it?
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A good time to go walking now (and cross roads) in Ramadan is during iftar, when the streets are almost deserted.
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Crossing roads in downtown Cairo is sport for the masses. I'm pretty sure that most Egyptians would qualify automatically, in the 100 metre sprint category for the olympics. Never have I seen old people, disabled people, blind people, women with children move so quickly. Drivers in Cairo are almost as brave as pedestrians.
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quote:Originally posted by SayWhatYouSee: Crossing roads in downtown Cairo is sport for the masses. I'm pretty sure that most Egyptians would qualify automatically, in the 100 metre sprint category for the olympics. Never have I seen old people, disabled people, blind people, women with children move so quickly. Drivers in Cairo are almost as brave as pedestrians.
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ,iamjust pissing my self laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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quote:Originally posted by SayWhatYouSee: Crossing roads in downtown Cairo is sport for the masses. I'm pretty sure that most Egyptians would qualify automatically, in the 100 metre sprint category for the olympics. Never have I seen old people, disabled people, blind people, women with children move so quickly. Drivers in Cairo are almost as brave as pedestrians.
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ,iamjust pissing my self laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL...... British Humor Posts: 3128 | From: Not Your Heaven | Registered: Sep 2006
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what about when ur in the friggen car and a horse with a boy n it galloping towards you shite ,,AND the car breaks down ur in it the driver changing the friggen wheel in the middle of the moter way shite the worst of it its when you want to cross you got to climb down the pavement then run and dodge the cars honking at yah when u got to the other end u got to climb up the friggen pavement ,man u come BCK TO ENGLAND AND FIND U GOT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ... Posts: 4597 | Registered: Jun 2006
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quote:Originally posted by BANANA FACE(luv it toots thnx): what about when ur in the friggen car and a horse with a boy n it galloping towards you shite ,,AND the car breaks down ur in it the driver changing the friggen wheel in the middle of the moter way shite the worst of it its when you want to cross you got to climb down the pavement then run and dodge the cars honking at yah when u got to the other end u got to climb up the friggen pavement ,man u come BCK TO ENGLAND AND FIND U GOT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ...
Ha ha ha, those pavements! Love the image of climbing up and down them!
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I heard in India they will swerve the car to avoid hitting a cow but will (instead) hit a person faster Posts: 13440 | Registered: Feb 2006
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I heard that the building were going to be converted into hotels, shopping malls and apartment buildings might be truth in the rumour as the person who told me is quite high up
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India is amazing in so many ways. The traffic is also scary but I still think Cairo has the edge, when it comes to attempting to cross the road. The first time we went to Cairo, a blind woman and her disabled husband helped us make a run for it. Now I know what to look for, it's much easier (mostly lots of other people running at either side of you, as a kind of human cushion, to lessen your chances of getting directly hit). Joking apart, pedestrians and drivers in Cairo face some of the worst conditions in the world. My admiration for how they cope with this danger is considerable.
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quote:Originally posted by BANANA FACE(luv it toots thnx): MAKE SURE YOUR INSURED TO BE TAKEN HOME IF YOU SUCCUMB TO BEING HIT BY A DRIVER IN CAIRO ,IM MUSLIM BUT I MANY TIMES DID THE CROSS ON MY CHEST AS I RAN FOR DEAR LIFE
ohh i can just see this Posts: 15090 | From: http://www.egyptalk.com/forum/ | Registered: Jul 2004
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First time in Cairo i walked miles so as to have a smaller piece of road to cross next time I had help from various people then I was taught how to do it.
You climb or jump off the high pavement, hold out your left hand to stop the traffic, close your eyes, walk and pray all the way to the other side
My worst experience was actually as a passenger. driver was from Luxor so not so used to the roads there, driving along in 4 lanes that should be 3 lanes and sometimes became 5 lanes, he was on the lane near the pavement and wanted to turn round. He didnt look, indicate or even think first, just turned the wheel across all lanes to turn left and go up the other side. I screamed, 4 cars screached so as not to hit us and the horns on all the cars we could see were blaring. I thought we would be hit, I was in the back nearest to the cars that almost hit us, it was damn scary Posts: 15090 | From: http://www.egyptalk.com/forum/ | Registered: Jul 2004
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Its the speeding up thing as you are midway that I just dont get. They actually aim at you and accelerate?????????????????why???????? Old, blind, cripples children, mothers carrying babies................
OMG!!! last night you reminded me. We were overtaken at the Carrefour Maadi on way back from soukhna around 8pm in the dark on the bend by a silver car with driver holding a newborn over his left shoulder and one arm around it and the other on the wheel. No passengers..... That's the third time I have seen this. Last 2 were older kids over the shoulder of the driver whilst driving, mothers IN THE passenger seat!!!!!!!!!! Please all the egyptians here on ES can you explain this to me? I just cannot get it! Why do you do it and why do you mothers allow it? Posts: 1500 | Registered: Dec 2005
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tigerlily: I never really had problems crossing the street in Cairo. Although in the beginning it was kind of scary but I just stepped on the road and people in general noticed that I want to cross over and slowed down their cars..... it wasn't that bad. [/QUOTE}
Wonder why it is that you are the only person who never has trouble crossing the streets of Cairo. Well I guess we should just call you Moses then, you can part the cars in the streets of Cairo, just like Moses did the Sea. Wow, once again you are stating just how SPECIAL you are, how nice! Something smells funny, oh no, wait I guess your poop doesn't stink either?
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well there here. Now at least I get to watch some of these arse-holes crack their heads open on cold hard concrete, like back home!
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