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Brave Desert Navy Seals
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Egypt Desert Navy Seals
Felucca boat trip with the Djoser travel group.
Before we could start a Felucca Nile trip from Aswan to Kom Ombo we first had to go to the local Egyptian Naval station for a permit. While the captain of our Felucca went inside to get the appropriate stamps signs and other mambo jambo and of course after he paid enough Egyptian Pounds we could finally start our boat trip. During the negotiations I was on the deck of the boat and spotted these two very dangerous looking Egyptian ‘Navy Seals’ (although on their shirts ‘police’ is printed apparently the laundry man was out of Navy shirts) but for sure they belonged to the Naval base station of Aswan. Looking at somebody's face you never can tell if it's is a smart person or not. What frightens me were the two Kalashnikov rifles they carried. God forbid these guns were loaded! Looking at their faces they appeared to be boored and I can imagine why! Having a job as sailor and you are thousand miles from the sea and between you and the salt water is only desert. You wished always to be a sailor (your mother told you so always do your homework and than you will have a good job my son: join the Navy!) And now you are with nothing more than millions of square miles of desert sand around you. The only water you have around you is the mineral water from a bottle and a few miles of stinking Nile water. I can tell you won’t feel happy at all! By the way the felucca trip was splendid.
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Ha, ha This is very good shot, they look uninterested for anything. Nice compo and light.
Well done.
Zoran
Superb interpretation of a decisive moment in this picture !
Beautiful and humoristic notes: You're a good writer too !
...they seems a little like 'Flik & Flok' ( Laurel & Hardy ) isn't' it ?
Ciao,
silvio
wonderful shot,hans
agree with zoran, they look really uninterested :-)).
TFS
zoran
points tomorrow
- jan515
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Hello Hans,
Does on white jacket everything see and eats can happen if someone everything to also spots? Clear photo with very good detail and colors. the composition is excellent. Would thank for informative note.
Greeting.
Janusz
**/tomorrow sorry
Yep, they look very well trained.
Wonder if they know which end the bullets come out. By the way they hold the guns, I very much doubt it.
Nice BW picture. Very funny indeed.
TFS.
Pierre
:) later
-:) Very good seen Hans.
great shot, i like how to see.... very nice image, congratulations, a really good job in b/w, hoy can u see i'm fan of b/w shots... TFS
Hi Hans,
for my part, i prefer that they have nothing to do...;)
very nice black & white shot!
TFS,
Armel
Hans
pareciera de antaño algo para recordar felicidades
Nat
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