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Maja
"the Girl from the Nile"

..HERE I AM READY FOR MY JOURNEY TO EGYPT.....

 

 

This year ..... The CARAVAN TO EGYPT  2004 was so blessed beautiful....We were 15 this time.....So connected....so much together..... so memorable.......so madly crazy about the shopping......so Goddessly emotional at the ISIS TEMPLE  .....we danced a lot.W/ the Nubians musicians.........and we had such a great time....We stayed at the Sheraton Cairo and the Cruise journey to the Nile was the SEMIRAMIS...... We loved the blue waters of Alexandria......We had lots of Shisha....and we never have enough of the hospitality and the good humor of the EGYPTIAN PEOPLE......THey are so good......and so much fun.

I had  CAROL....(now with a new name...RINGA and MIMI again this year. Mimi came with her son this time , he is 12 Gregory.....which we blessed with a new name .."Prince Amir"...and we had also a little Princess "Ali"

 

Thank you for joining me, it was such a treat to be with all of  you...my sisters...... and INSHALLAH we can go many and many times more...Here goes some beautiful  pictures memories..... and some insights that you sent from our journey......MAJA 

 

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                                   INSIGHTS EGYPT 2004

 

 .....Hi Maja...
I want to let you know I had a wonderful time on our caravan to Egypt.  I was called there I have no doubt in my mind.  I was also put before you as my teacher and guide to learn and experience all that I was able to absorb in Egypt.  It was absolutely marvelous........I loved it all....even getting sick because now I know what the others had experienced ..YUKKKK....hee hee. I bonded with many of our sister dancers and have had a chance to get to really know them.  I am thankful for being paired up with Monica as my roomate......your friend ...she is so special and we had so much in common and had alot of fun and laughs together and a mutual respect for each others space and well being.  She is a wonderful person and I was blessed with the opportunity to get to know her and I hope to continue a friendship with her despite the miles.

Maja...I felt such a surge of energy like I have never experienced before in Aswan on the Isle of Philae in Isis Temple...I was filled with emotions uncontrollable not pain, not joyful...not anything.....I have ever experienced before....just a sense of belonging and love all around me and I felt my family with me who have passed on and you and a real connection with you and our sisters I had no concept of past or present or future...I was just there and I mattered and I was special and I felt the energy enter into my finger tips and run all thru me.   Our meditation and dance just reconfirmed everything within me and has given me a renewed sense of being and peace......

 

Thank you Maja.....Shukran....Tammy

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...TO the Caravan to Egypt 2004.....I wanted to thank all of you for being such a great group to travel with..
I would definitely do it all over again.. The memories I will forever
cherish...  I love you all my new friends and I wish you lots of peace and love....
 

Love, Sandra

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......My Magical Egypt Adventure

There were so many things I loved about Egypt, so many things I will miss...Some of my favorite things:

 

The smell of the jasmine flowers we wore around our necks... such a sweet smell..

The delicious Egyptian food, the falafel, the sweets...

The beautiful temples, so many beautiful temples and tombs...

The hieroglyphs on the walls are so incredible, so ancient...It's amazing all the color that is still there after all those years... I felt privileged to see them..

The Philae (Isis) temple was my favorite... Such a beautiful sacred place.

 

I've never had such a moving experience in my whole life... The goddess speaks to you there...

 

Such a magical, mystical temple... I believe the goddess Isis still exists there...

 

Cruising the Nile on the felucca...

The warm breeze blowing in my face...

The sacred waters of the Nile cleansing my soul...

 

The camel ride by the pyramids, it was so much fun. I had wanted to do that for so long...

 

The friendly Egyptians, always willing to help...

Our guides were the BEST!

 

The cruise.... my only wish is that it was a little longer, it was so wonderful. The people were so nice...

 

Sitting on the upper deck of the cruise ship at night watching the sunset. It was the most beautiful sunset I think I've ever seen. So glad I got photos of it...

Bellydancing on the ship at night. Thank you for encouraging me to come and dance and have fun. I can be very shy about my dancing when I'm not with my troupe. I worry that I'm not a good enough dancer sometimes when I'm around others. Everyone made me feel very comfortable, and I just had a great time.This time I just felt like I was dancing for the goddess, and nothing else mattered...

The Bellydance show with Dina..she has so much feeling in her dancing...

Bellydancing with the Nubian musicians...it was so great...

 

All the shopping in the bazaars everywhere...it was fun haggling with all the shop owners... such good prices on everything. So much to buy... just wish I would have had a little more time at the bazaar in Luxor. It was a nice place. Still would like one of those baskets a lot of the girls got...

 

The visits to the rug, papyrus, alabaster, perfume stores. So glad I bought things from each one. Wonderful items. Amazing workmanship. So much fun to see how it's all made...

 

The horse and carriage ride to the temple.

 That was a lot of fun to have our photo taken on it...

The mosque and all the churches are so beautiful, so old...

 

The light and sound show at the pyramid was incredible, beautiful...

 

Dipping our toes in the Mediterranean, in Alexandria.

So warm .. and the little kids there were the best... still would like a photo of that if anyone has one...

 

I love the slower pace of life that the Egyptians have. I want to remember that when my daily life gets too crazy. Insha'Allah.

 

I felt so comfortable in Egypt...Almost like I had been there before...

We saw so much in such a short amount of time...

 

We explored it all...It was great!

 

I feel like I could spend months there if my family was with me. I wish they could have seen it all with me...But I took lots of photos so they can see it all through my eyes...

 

Maja, thank you for taking me on such an incredible adventure. This was an experience of a lifetime for me. ... this was the best, most wonderful vacations I have ever had!

 

Thank you very much for being such a loving and caring person. For taking care of all of us, even though this was your vacation as well. I felt like one of your girls...                             

 

Saphira  (Cindy Lee)

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....To the Caravan of Egypt 2004....I wanted to share with all of you that I really had a great time in Egypt, because the group was great and of course the place was magical.

I felt rejuvenated with this trip, like a teen again, and that's inspiring.

It was a combination of all the places, smells, heat, food, relaxation, letting go, letting be whatever it was and just having a great time. I believe that all of us were open and received the great energy that was flowing around us.....MONICA