We've skidded off the beaten track and are bobbing about in unfamiliar territories, amongst peculiar shapes and fascinating faces - not far from Cairo's legendary Khan el-Khalili market district, but far enough for my Egyptian guides and accomplices to be just as lost as I am. With all control relinquished, the moment intensifies. It's what I've been waiting for, actually. The coming of that elusive, 'higher' plane. The emergence of that bigger feeling. Wooomp. Swallow me whole. How sublimely juicy it is in here. So wholesome and complete. Everyone's friendly. Like family - snap! We're like deep-sea divers who've descended to 30 metres depth. Calm, neutrally buoyant and shameless, as we point our lenses at everything that moves and looks exotic, passing by or stopping to interact - click!
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