Each day we have gone out for a walk to explore our neighborhood. When I’m not taking pictures of cats, I’m trying to capture the feel of our neighborhood for my friend Leslee, who is moving here in 30 days. There is a whole bunch of beautiful and ugly mixed together in the streets surrounding our apartment.
Like this gorgeous villa?
breathtaking.
expansive, pristine, and luxurious.
But the building next door? not so much.
We stroll along tree lined streets, pointing out our favorite houses
like this one
while the kids turn a fallen telephone pole into a balance beam.
A clean stretch of sidewalk
turns into piles of dirt and trash. There is a lot of trash.
but she doesn’t seem to mind.
And everybody in Maadi says she’s beautiful: “gameela.”