Tag: shopping
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Shopping in Egypt!
Read more: Shopping in Egypt!After our time in Hurghada, we returned back to Cairo and decided to do some shopping. We bought papyrus, perfumes, jewelry, and alabaster from different shops around the city. Papyrus Papyrus is one of the most popular things to buy in Egypt. This plant was first used by the ancient Egyptians to invent paper. As…
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Sari Shopping!
Read more: Sari Shopping!Our time in this wonderful country is quickly coming to a close as we start planning on moving towards South East Asia. Originally, we had only intended to be in India for a month, but we were so amazed and overwhelmed by the diversity of the country that we just wanted to keep seeing and…
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Shop Around the Block!
Read more: Shop Around the Block!An incredible form of art we saw while in Jaipur was block printing. This is where wooden stamps are used to make designs on textiles. To learn more about this art form, we went to the Anokhi museum which had information on the history and recent uses of block painting. The museum is in an…