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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Naifin: [QB] I saw this place with my own eyes its a sight to behold and never forgotten I was on my way to see the Monastery of St. Simian the Tanner This is a [b]must[/b] see but few tourist or even Egyptians know about this Monastery Directions: take the autostrad till moqattam area turning left just before moqattam directly up to the monastery... The village of Mansheiyet Nasr ( [i]this is where the rock slide took place[/i] )is where the Zabbaleen=garbage collectors live and work yes they are mostly Copts its on the opposite side of the road from the Citadel Its not for the faint hearted ... these people are very poor they collect garbage as a means of income I am sure you have seen their donkey and carts traversing Cairo ..they take the garbage home and then sort it... The streets are very narrow and strewn with garbage Imagine the smell ..It was awful and had to keep the car windows closed I did not like taking photos of this suffering but did take some of the magnificent Monastery The Monastery contains seven Churches and Chapels hidden in a series of caves in the Muqattam hills. I can imagine the difficulty of rescuing people the way the village is build everything on top and closely build and steep roads throw in the Egypt factor and you are living a nightmare ! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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