Date:         Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:54:03 +0300
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Heffalump sighting
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Hi Steve,

Well, I guess I'm a proper right-coaster - I mean easterner - because I'm
pretty psyched whenever I see anything resembling a bus, Vanagon, etc.  And
let me tell you, Cairo is just the right place to be!  Lovely old buses
meandering through the crazy traffic every place you look.  I haven't seen
any vanagons, though.  People here don't have such new vehicles as that.
(One of the guys I'm working with was really excited, because he'd replaced
his 1975 Fiat with a modern new 1985 of the same model.)  But there are lots
of charming old air-cooled buses with big round eyes peering through the
Cairo pollution (which is legendary, due to all the ancient - and definitely
not maintained - vehicles on the road).

Of course most buses and vans here are air-cooled - everyone leaves the
engine doors open to let the hot breeze blow through as they drive.

FWIW there are MILLIONS of bugs here, too.  Quite a few horses and donkeys,
too.  Probably as old as the VWs, poor things.



Joy


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Dr. Joy E. Hecht
Consultant on Environmental Policy and Information

Mobile - Cairo:  010-122-0611
Mobile - US:     1-202-494-1162
Email:           jhecht@alum.mit.edu

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:::I know you Left
:::Coasters just can't understand why we Eastern Hinterlander Vanagonites
:::get so excited when we spot a fellow degenerate.
:::It's just good to know that there are other crazies out there.
:::
:::
:::Cheers,
:::Steve O
:::NSW Australia
:::'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
:::'00 Transporter Double Cab
:::'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
:::'78 Landrover Series 3 Soft top (ex-Aust Army)