Egypt Trip
Cairo P.17
Back on the bus. |
To the carpet factory. |
They were all working on these huge looms. |
He's explaining how they weave the rugs by hand. This guy was SO fast we took a movie of it. Click HERE to see it in QuickTime and HERE to see Windows Media. |
They're showing us how they leave the yearn long but when it's trimmed you can see the real pattern. |
Rootie posing with the mess of yarn. |
They use a lot of school kids to make the rugs. They go to school and then come to learn a trade. |
Back on the bus. |
Taking pictures as soon as we got out of the bus. |
Because we were at the pyramids! |
e-mail us at kasuko@sager.org |