beautiful Languedoc

beautiful Languedoc

في ودي جني

أحاطتنا جبال, لونها أحمر متعب
أكلنا من الأرض والنار, حيوانات وخضراوات
وشربنا الماء
عددنا نجوما عابرة ونمنا ننظر الى
نجم الشمال والدب الأكبر.
سمعنا الريح ولم تقل لنا شيئا
حتى أشعلت القمم بشروق الشمس
ورائحة الثي البدوي في وادي جني....

Monday, February 15, 2010

First week in Dahab...

Dahab is in the South East of the Sinai peninsula, by the Gulf of Aquabat where steady winds blows all year round from the North because of the mountains along the Gulf. The Red Sea has the Northest tropical reef in the world as well as the Northest mangroves (in the National park of Naqb). The views of the bay of Dahab is beautiful specially like today with no wind and the lights of the restaurants illuminating the beachfront.
Yes, it is very quiet, specially after a week and now the boys of the restaurants don`t hassle me anymore nor the taxis beep as much...and I am starting to the habit of using different water for washing and cooking, and no throwing paper in the toilette...
Fresh vegetable and fruits (melon, strawberry, goyava, mandarine, orange, banana are easy to find and very cheap at this season (just after the only rainy days in the Sinai).
After a week I am almost managing the center alone when all instructors are in the water (the managers are still in Cairo), filling forms in, giving money to the cleaning lads, mounting and storing diving equipment...7 days / 7 days
Life is so easy because you can leave your bag anywhere, bikes unlocked, don`t have to check your change, but also I guess it could be boring for living a long time since there is not much to do at night. I just hope that I will spend more time in or under the water because the weather is geting much warmer now.
And there is a strange feeling of seeing people arriving and leaving and me staying as if on a very long holiday...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Cielito,
me encantan tus narraciones y ver como poco a poco te vas adaptando. No sé porqué, pero tu descripción me parece bucólica, será por las nubes, el constante cielo gris y la incesante lluvia que nos acompaña en Barcelona desde hace ya tantos dias. Me das un poco de envidia... la verdad. Tu dia a dia desprende libertad y sorpresa. El mio, ceniza.

Continua enviando, me encanta leerte ahora que no podemos verte.

Un beso enorme.