29th July 2007

On the 3oth June we left home late in the evening to head over to Nasser's home on the West Bank, just to the south of Luxor. We took the motorcycle as it is easy to manoeuvre through the small streets of his village but there was no way we were even going to get into the village. Once there this usually quiet place was thronging with well over 600 invited guests and many that just turned up, every little street was full of people and seating of all kinds. Neon lights were hanging from the buildings and loud music was playing so nobody was going to sleep tonight! Right by Nasser's family home there was a very colourful cloth partition and as is the custom women and children were one side and men the other. Pauline went off to the ladies side and spent her time with her friend Imman, she is so nice and I knew Pauline was in good hands. Having the video camera I had the excuse to move around and see everybody. Every little street, some only a few feet wide, was full of guests and more were arriving all the time. A very late evening and tomorrow we have the wedding in Luxor.

Whereas last night had been really lovely the wedding was associated with the very loudest banging of drums, blowing of horns and flashing of lights. Heba looked beautiful and the photographs do not do her justice. They arrived at the Luxor Hotel at about 10 p.m. and it took them a full 15 minutes to walk the few yards from the car to the reception as the musicians played and the crowd slowly moved in. So many people but we did not stop long as the strobe lights were much too much for us. The Governor of Luxor, Chief of Police and well over 1000 people were there to celebrate this marriage of two very respected families. We were home about 1 a.m.

Though we had a thoroughly good time and it was really nice to meet so many friends on both days, we do not usually stay out late but we rise early, so it took us several days to recover and then there was Mohman and Mohammed's weddings in the middle of the month. We have gone such a long time without a wedding and now there were three in the same month. Regrettably Graham had an accident involving a freezer which left him with ribs that hurt on both sides so we couldn't attend these as he could hardly move.

This has put everything on hold and only now as we approach the end of the month are we getting back to a normal life. The Luxor Legal office furniture arrived last night so it will be open from the 1st August. Graham is working on the web site and you can Click Here if you want to have a look but it isn't finished yet as we both have had little time with so much going on at the moment and with the "freezer incident" he hasn't been able to sit at a computer for more than a short period.

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Anyway that's it for another month.

Pauline and Graham XX

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