Just before we entered the Valley of the Queens, a seller approached me, as usual, to buy some of his wares. And, as usual, I just ignored him. Then he asked why I was so angry. I replied that we tourists get a bit sick & tired of having people in our faces trying to sell things to us everywhere we go - we‘re not angry, just over being bothered all the time. He understood & explained that it happens only because of the hard life people face in Egypt. That people are forced to do this to survive &/or get ahead in life.
We started to chat. He was an intelligent guy, 21 years of age, could speak 6 languages, his mother is Italian, & he is studying to be a tour guide. I ended up buying a 10EP scarf from him - I needed one anyway. We had a great conversation. And in the end he wanted a photo taken with me, which I agreed to of course.
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