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06 May 2018, 4:52 pm

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I think elsapelsa lives in an alternate reality.


elsapelsa lives in Sweden. I have some knowledge of this culture because I have a Swedish daughter-in-law and a Swedish grandson. There are elements of Swedish society that are much more egalitarian and community oriented than other Western cultures, especially the US.


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07 May 2018, 2:52 am

blazingstar wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
I think elsapelsa lives in an alternate reality.


elsapelsa lives in Sweden. I have some knowledge of this culture because I have a Swedish daughter-in-law and a Swedish grandson. There are elements of Swedish society that are much more egalitarian and community oriented than other Western cultures, especially the US.


Sweden is then the alternate reality.



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07 May 2018, 3:07 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
blazingstar wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
I think elsapelsa lives in an alternate reality.


elsapelsa lives in Sweden. I have some knowledge of this culture because I have a Swedish daughter-in-law and a Swedish grandson. There are elements of Swedish society that are much more egalitarian and community oriented than other Western cultures, especially the US.


Sweden is then the alternate reality.


My husband would agree with you on both accounts. :lol:


.....But saying that... I did leave Sweden when I was 15 to live abroad alone and I have managed to survive all over the world ever since without coming to any harm. So.... my alternate reality set me up really well for surviving the world!


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07 May 2018, 9:05 am

elsapelsa wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
blazingstar wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
I think elsapelsa lives in an alternate reality.


elsapelsa lives in Sweden. I have some knowledge of this culture because I have a Swedish daughter-in-law and a Swedish grandson. There are elements of Swedish society that are much more egalitarian and community oriented than other Western cultures, especially the US.


Sweden is then the alternate reality.


My husband would agree with you on both accounts. :lol:


.....But saying that... I did leave Sweden when I was 15 to live abroad alone and I have managed to survive all over the world ever since without coming to any harm. So.... my alternate reality set me up really well for surviving the world!


You should move to Saudi Arabia to experience something...excitingly new for you |\_/|



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07 May 2018, 9:33 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
elsapelsa wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
blazingstar wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
I think elsapelsa lives in an alternate reality.


elsapelsa lives in Sweden. I have some knowledge of this culture because I have a Swedish daughter-in-law and a Swedish grandson. There are elements of Swedish society that are much more egalitarian and community oriented than other Western cultures, especially the US.


Sweden is then the alternate reality.


My husband would agree with you on both accounts. :lol:


.....But saying that... I did leave Sweden when I was 15 to live abroad alone and I have managed to survive all over the world ever since without coming to any harm. So.... my alternate reality set me up really well for surviving the world!


You should move to Saudi Arabia to experience something...excitingly new for you |\_/|


Well thanks for the tip Boo, always nice with new travel destinations. :wink: I could dig out my niquab and it would be good to practise my fusha which is fairly rusty by now.

I lived in Cairo and frequently spent time in madrasas in fairly dodgy areas on the city limits, also i hitch-hiked through much of Malaysia as an 18 year old, biked much of northern Vietnam in no-tourist areas with all my belongings on my back, got stuck in a storm in Cambodia 20 years ago before there were proper roads when a bridge collapsed, the list goes on. I can handle myself.


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07 May 2018, 9:52 am

elsapelsa wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
elsapelsa wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
blazingstar wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
I think elsapelsa lives in an alternate reality.


elsapelsa lives in Sweden. I have some knowledge of this culture because I have a Swedish daughter-in-law and a Swedish grandson. There are elements of Swedish society that are much more egalitarian and community oriented than other Western cultures, especially the US.


Sweden is then the alternate reality.


My husband would agree with you on both accounts. :lol:


.....But saying that... I did leave Sweden when I was 15 to live abroad alone and I have managed to survive all over the world ever since without coming to any harm. So.... my alternate reality set me up really well for surviving the world!


You should move to Saudi Arabia to experience something...excitingly new for you |\_/|


Well thanks for the tip Boo, always nice with new travel destinations. :wink: I could dig out my niquab and it would be good to practise my fusha which is fairly rusty by now.

I lived in Cairo and frequently spent time in madrasas in fairly dodgy areas on the city limits, also i hitch-hiked through much of Malaysia as an 18 year old, biked much of northern Vietnam on a no-gear bike with all my belongings on my back, got stuck in a storm in Cambodia 20 years ago before there were proper roads when a bridge collapsed, the list goes on.

I can handle myself.

You go girl.


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07 May 2018, 9:58 am

I never got to attend a camp like this when I was in GS.Maybe if the boys would share their awesome camps with the girls.
https://youtu.be/cMBNDdsYJ_A
The bunk house we stayed in looked nothing like this.
The most exciting thing was the giant rat that also was camping in the bunk house at the same time.Maybe hoping for cookie crumbs.


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07 May 2018, 10:03 am

Elsa can really write an interesting autobiography.....I'm jealous LOL



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07 May 2018, 10:15 am

elsapelsa wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
elsapelsa wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
blazingstar wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
I think elsapelsa lives in an alternate reality.


elsapelsa lives in Sweden. I have some knowledge of this culture because I have a Swedish daughter-in-law and a Swedish grandson. There are elements of Swedish society that are much more egalitarian and community oriented than other Western cultures, especially the US.


Sweden is then the alternate reality.


My husband would agree with you on both accounts. :lol:


.....But saying that... I did leave Sweden when I was 15 to live abroad alone and I have managed to survive all over the world ever since without coming to any harm. So.... my alternate reality set me up really well for surviving the world!


You should move to Saudi Arabia to experience something...excitingly new for you |\_/|


Well thanks for the tip Boo, always nice with new travel destinations. :wink: I could dig out my niquab and it would be good to practise my fusha which is fairly rusty by now.

I lived in Cairo and frequently spent time in madrasas in fairly dodgy areas on the city limits, also i hitch-hiked through much of Malaysia as an 18 year old, biked much of northern Vietnam in no-tourist areas with all my belongings on my back, got stuck in a storm in Cambodia 20 years ago before there were proper roads when a bridge collapsed, the list goes on. I can handle myself.



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07 May 2018, 10:16 am

It's a pity that Elsa's taken---and I'm taken.

C'est la vie....



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07 May 2018, 10:17 am

and niqab is not mandatory in Egypt; not even the veil.



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07 May 2018, 10:25 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
and niqab is not mandatory in Egypt; not even the veil.


Very true, but my teachers all wore it and when I went with them for Friday prayers I wore it to be respectful.

In fact dressing culturally appropriately has been my greatest aid when travelling alone. Even in places like Thailand 20 years ago or so, it may be very different now, but I got a lot of assistance and help and kindness from locals who would outright say to me that they were helping me because I respected their culture (I would always cover arms and legs) tourists would walk around wearing bikini tops in the street and local men would comment that this was inappropriate.


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07 May 2018, 10:28 am

I'll choose the battlefield over the kitchen and the bedroom any day.


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07 May 2018, 10:30 am

Misslizard wrote:
I never got to attend a camp like this when I was in GS.Maybe if the boys would share their awesome camps with the girls.
https://youtu.be/cMBNDdsYJ_A
The bunk house we stayed in looked nothing like this.
The most exciting thing was the giant rat that also was camping in the bunk house at the same time.Maybe hoping for cookie crumbs.


I only went to camp once. It was the red cross (boy and girl) camp in the middle of the Swedish forests. It was absolutely awesome. We built rafts and did survival training. I would love to send my two girls to something similar.


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07 May 2018, 10:35 am

elsapelsa wrote:
Misslizard wrote:
I never got to attend a camp like this when I was in GS.Maybe if the boys would share their awesome camps with the girls.
https://youtu.be/cMBNDdsYJ_A
The bunk house we stayed in looked nothing like this.
The most exciting thing was the giant rat that also was camping in the bunk house at the same time.Maybe hoping for cookie crumbs.


I only went to camp once. It was the red cross (boy and girl) camp in the middle of the Swedish forests. It was absolutely awesome. We built rafts and did survival training. I would love to send my two girls to something similar.

Sounds great,way better than my experience.All kids should get a chance to do something like that.


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07 May 2018, 1:43 pm

elsapelsa wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
and niqab is not mandatory in Egypt; not even the veil.


Very true, but my teachers all wore it and when I went with them for Friday prayers I wore it to be respectful.

In fact dressing culturally appropriately has been my greatest aid when travelling alone. Even in places like Thailand 20 years ago or so, it may be very different now, but I got a lot of assistance and help and kindness from locals who would outright say to me that they were helping me because I respected their culture (I would always cover arms and legs) tourists would walk around wearing bikini tops in the street and local men would comment that this was inappropriate.


What school you got yourself
into? a salafist school?