A photo tease from that first day in Hurghada …

From the Golf Course at Steigenbreger Golf Al Dau Beach Hotel:

Our Wanna Be Golf Pro: Daniel Noll of Uncornered Market

The Actual Golf Pro looking on with concern.

Teeing Off

What Erica was checking out while we were golfing ... the local plant life.

Daniel showing off his form. (Note: the golf ball is still on the green.)

While Parasailing:

Speeding across the Red Sea

Erica in Full Flight

From Al Dau Beach Hotel:

Relaxing on the Red Sea

A Little Roamancing on Hurghada‘s Streets:

Roamancing Hurghada

No, seriously I have … just without the horse.  I did take a picture of a donkey though.

In the desert, bordering Fayoum, Egypt.

A Blissful Start to our Egyptian Adventures

With this week’s #FriFotos focused on flowers, I couldn’t help but reflect back on the past week in Egypt and this beautiful first Egyptian memory, enjoying a sleepy coffee (with warm milk) overlooking the Nile from the Fairmont Nile City Cairo, all beautifully accented by an orchid.  Certainly a blissful start to our adventures.

PS. In Full Disclosure: As always, the opinions and thoughts shared here are our own and honest ones. We are bought out by no one. In the spirit of disclosure, it should be noted that on this trip, our expenses were paid by Egyptian Tourism, as a guest to the country and the UNWTO Media and Tourism Conference.

From Day 2 of our Egyptian holiday and a fascinating day trip to Fayoum, here are Lucy Duck and I, from the fabulous tub at the Fairmont Nile City Cairo:

A few pics from the day and a tease of what’s to come from some more involved posts on Fayoum on Roamancing:

Fayoum City of the Dead

The City of the Dead

Into the Desert

Wadi El Rayan Protected Area

Wadi Al-Hitan ~ The Valley of the Whales (A UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Fossilised Mangrove

Lucy chilling by the fossilised spine of a whale that swam her 40-million years ago.

Wadi Al-Hitan ~ An Ancient Seabed

Fayoum Pottery School in the Village of Tunis

Hard at Work at Fayoum Pottery School

Kids hard at work at Fayoum Pottery School

Qasr Qarun, the Ancient Town of Dionysias

Entering Qasr Qarun

PS. In Full Disclosure: As always, the opinions and thoughts shared here are our own and honest ones. We are bought out by no one. In the spirit of disclosure, it should be noted that on this trip, our expenses were paid by Egyptian Tourism, as a guest to the country and the UNWTO Media and Tourism Conference.

Yes, it’s true, life is rough, and work this week has taken my digital tales to Egypt to demonstrate some ‘real’ time digital storytelling for the UNWTO Media and Tourism Conference: Partnering with Media in Challenging Times in Egypt with Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott of Uncornered Market and Lucy Duck and Erica Hargreave of Roamancing. You can read more about it on UnCornered Market and Ahimsa Media:

• Off to Egypt: A Little Bit of Work & Play
• #WeVisitEgypt ~ A Digital Travel Tale

Would love for you cats to join in the fun by:

• Share what we are doing in Egypt and the #WeVisitEgypt hashtag to your media channels;
• Follow #WeVisitEgypt on your social networking channels and retweet content that appeals to you;
• Interact with us on our adventure at @UMarket, @Roamancing, @EmmeRogers and @EricaHargreave; and
• Share your own photos, video and blog posts from Egypt with the #WeVisitEgypt hashtag (and we will do our best to retweet them).

 

Cairo Sunset on the Nile

 

*Blowing Kisses* of thanks for the smiles and support you all give me.

Emme xoxo

PS. In Full Disclosure: As always, the opinions and thoughts shared here are our own and honest ones. We are bought out by no one. In the spirit of disclosure, it should be noted that on this trip, our expenses were paid by Egyptian Tourism, as a guest to the country and the UNWTO Media and Tourism Conference.

We should all spend our lives dancing.

Thanks to all the great dancers at Ashby Ponds for the smile.

~ Emme xoxo

Personally I think the boys are doomed bastards after giving a voodoo doll at boot.

Since the theme for today’s #FriFotos is time, I thought I’d take a moment to remind the two-leggers out there of their minute existence next to us felines, and of course of our timeless beauty.

I am cat. Hear me ROAR!

I mean you just need to look to Egypt and the Sphinx – Greek or Egyptian.

Be a good two-legger and cower beneath my beauty!

Now someone might want to chat with those birds about the wrath that is bound to befall them if they don’t get off this great beauty’s head. MERRROOOW!!

~ FFR

Courtesy of Halder Mauicio's Facebook

I’m glad to say though that the Saskatchewan Film Industry is not one to go down without a fight and there is still time to find a solution before the House is released for summer on May 19, 2012.

Here’s how you can help:

• To volunteer: email helpsavefilminsask@gmail.com,
• Share your voice: Tweet using #skpoli as the hashtag,
• Write a letter,
• Share your Story: Tell your friends on facebook about your experience with film and TV in Saskatchewan,

and this Friday, show Saskatchewan Filmmakers you care by promoting Saskatchewan-made film, television and interactive projects and / or their artists / creators on facebook and on twitter using the hashtag #FilmFriday.  If you need help brainstorming Saskatchewan-made projects, check out SMPIA’s Pinterest Boards. Here’s one with our very own Richard Yearwood starring in it:

Photo of the InSecurity Cast, taken by Kharen Hill

Why do I care?  I’m not a Saskatchewan Filmmaker or resident.  I care, because the Saskatchewan Film Industry is very near and dear to my heart.  This film community fostered our company, Ahimsa Media, in it’s early days, showed us the ropes, gave us honest advice and our first TV Show, and shows us a Hell of a good time on a yearly basis at the Yorkton Film Festival.  This is a film community I love and won’t stand to lose, so help me out in ensuring it’s survival. Tweet your love!

Thanks to SMPIA and Katrina German for leading up the digital stampede.

Watching a few of the Russian Figure Skaters Train

So speaking of making the most of it, one thing I wish I’d done (had I stopped being annoyed by the Games Committee sooner), was apply for experiences to take part in the Games.  I mention this as Tourism England (aka. Visit England / Enjoy England) has a pretty gosh, darn cool opportunity for a UK digital storyteller leading up to London 2012, in the form of the Fan in a Van Search.

Tourism England's search for the Fan in a Van is on. Will this be you?

Basically they are putting one lucky budding digital storyteller with a passionate love for England in an iconic Anglomobile, decked out with everything they need to get started on a 70-day, all-expenses-paid trip around their green and pleasant land, following the Olympic Torch.  In return, the fans job is to entertain England with videos, photos, tales of adventure and lots of fun.

If this is something that sounds like fun to you, then it’s time to put down the crumpet, pour a fresh cup of tea, roll up the sleeves and get writing as the deadline for Round 1 of this competition is April 9th at midnight, UK time.  That’s tomorrow!

To be entered into Round 1, you need to send them 100 words on your favourite place in England and why you love it, accompanied by a picture you’ve taken to go with it.

Depending on how you fair on Round 1, there will be 2 more rounds:

• Round 2: A 60 second video clip telling them why you love where you live.
• Round 3: Meet the team at VisitEngland HQ and tell them why you’re the best person for the role.

Here is where to go for those that wish to apply.

Wishing those of you that decide to apply, good luck and have fun with this!