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Rachael

February 12th 2010 11:27
Rachael –

An America woman to me is sometimes too much to handle. I have to admit I have many an American friend, as I lived in the town of Chicago for 4 months, but sometimes I cannot handle an American woman.
Rachael likes to tell stories for a long long time. When somebody tries to put their own point of view into the story she decides to talk even louder than she already was talking and continues ‘her’ story.
There is not ability to recognise that the other people around them are bored of you talking and want to hear someone else speak. Maybe it was because I wasn’t drinking but I started to stare at the wall. It seemed a better entertainment than listening to her story. Maybe this is harsh, but to not have any idea about the people around you is being a little tad selfish.

I like to give a listening ear, but only for so long.
She starts to tell us about her marriage to an Egyptian and that it has lasted for 9 years. She is a scuba diving instructor in Sharm el Sheik and loves it so much. But I can’t help but wonder what has now happened to her relationship as she has almost run away to Dahab.
Dahab seems to be full of these type of people, and I must admit I used to be one of them. I was looking for an escape, and Dahab suddenly became much more than that.
Rachael continues to talk about herself. Everything that comes out of her mouth she needs about 5 minutes to think if it is the right word to use, but it seems that English is her first language you see. Each sentence seems to be like Shakespeare and there is no stopping her from continuing her masterpiece.
Haven’t we all seen and heard someone like this? I mean I know I talk a lot but at least I give other people the time of day.

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Miles

July 1st 2009 07:56
Miles -

Miles came and wanted to have a fullfilling life but only found hardship, that he somewhat gave to himself. His mother was a coke addict, and his father kicked him out with his brother at age 15. At the age of 23 he managed to get a job, but he really did not have his heart in building. Nor anything else for that matter. He wakes up every morning with shaking hands as he lights his first cigarette. Some days he can’t seem to get out of bed at all, which doesn’t seem to impress his boss. This turned into a few days a week, and then he didn’t have to go to work at all anymore as he was fired.

He comes into the pub, still unemployed and asks for a beer. Always a fosters. And I wonder if its because he can’t actually go without. Deep down he knows he’s an alcoholic but its not even the start of his problems as with the booze comes cocaine. The other problem is I see his girlfriend and how quickly she is getting pulled into it all. She has a good heart that is being ruined by him, even though he loves her. Instead of going to the movies, or out to dinner he takes her to a mates place and lines up all night talking a whole load of crap until they run out and go on a mad search for more. There’s always more and more as it runs out soon enough, and Miles can never be satisfied.

When someone tries to glass his brother, he beats him to a pulp and girlfriend finally leaves in a huff. I hope for her sake she leaves him for good. But I can see it in her eyes she doesn’t want to be alone, and anything is better than being without. Maybe shes already in too deep. 
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Annie

May 7th 2009 17:15
A 47 year old feminist who comes back to Dahab to revive and relive what Dahab used to be. She has weathered skin and small shades of grey but she is lively in spirit. She works as a social teacher in Holland all the women with heartaches seem to have deflated her once optimistic view on life. My first conversation with her lasted 6 hours without a break as time by like with long lost friends. She had things to say that made me think, and she pulled things out of me I didn’t know existed. Although there is a large gap in age, and she could be my mother, here age no longer creates restrictions on who you should speak to. There is no snobiness about who you should be ‘allowed’ to chat with.
Annie tells me of ‘the good old days’ of no electricity and little beach shacks and a certain peaceful quietness. Now the tourists seem to be the worry and concern and the peoples main income.
Once she recused a dolphin that refused to go back to the deep waters as some Bedouins had started to feed it. She was able to teach and tame the animal until an Israeli boat come and rescued it.
She likes to wear a wedding ring for all the men asking, but eventually all her made up stories caught up on her. Now in town they know her from her many years of venturing back to this world. She is known as ‘Holland’ from some people as she has been coming since 1994 every year.
Her political views are quite interesting as she cringed about Obama’s new decisions and choices to lead America. I for one miss out on most of the news here and was interested in hearing the news straight from her instead of a television set.
She does tell me she loves to hate Egypt, as most times when she visits she gets angrier and angrier at the cultures differences especially when it comes to women and then she tells me she usually leaves. Still this place is strongly held close to her heart.

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Ahmed

January 3rd 2009 18:39

He has the biggest smile I've ever seen and it makes you want to smile no matter what mood you are in, or what has just happened. All you have to do is look at him and you will feel better. Because in this world problems are easily solved, if indeed there are any problems in the first place.
Ahmed follows a yes no attitude that means he is never scared. He places his trust in a higher power and therefore everything will happen for a purpose.

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Ahmed

January 3rd 2009 18:39

He has the biggest smile I've ever seen and it makes you want to smile no matter what mood you are in, or what has just happened. All you have to do is look at him and you will feel better. Because in this world problems are easily solved, if indeed there are any problems in the first place.
Ahmed follows a yes no attitude that means he is never scared. He places his trust in a higher power and therefore everything will happen for a purpose.

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Nicole

November 18th 2008 12:14
Nicole-

She acts like a mother figure for all, and especially for my friend, which I am thankful for. To know she has someone looking out for her makes me content as I’m usually far away from her. Nic is at the later stage of life, but that does not mean she is old. She embraces life fully doing things for her, like travelling to Egypt’s coast to Scuba dive for four months, extending her training.

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Roberto

November 2nd 2008 16:46
The ‘Otra’ Roberto –

Rob is a little lost, and a little torn between doing what everyone thinks he should do, and doing what he wants to do. The problem is he doesn’t want to do much. I have come to be reliant of him for my own happiness, as I don’t have many friends in this country. This is a quality that I admire in him, as he never tells me he’s had enough of me, or is being suffocated by me.

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the south africans

October 29th 2008 17:23
Dave and the South Africans…

They are all nice guys but they are too old for me. It doesn’t seem to bother them when they try to chat up a 22 year old serving them drinks at the pub while their girlfriends are waiting at home.

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Jimmy 2

October 1st 2008 15:04

He looks at me and says, ‘I know you think I’m a drunk but really I’m worse than that as I’m a crook and I have been my whole life.’
What a thing to say to a young women that serves him his pint.

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Twins

September 2nd 2008 08:16
Twins.

Two men sit opposite me at the bar and they seem to look when I’m not looking. I look up and they just both smile this same smile.

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