Tips to avoid being scammed in Egypt #1

Welcome to Egypt , when you arrive in the airport my advice is to buy an Egyptian mobile number from inside the airport you will find mobile network providers vodafone, orange, etisalat and we , they have nearly the same bundle tourist line that give 20 minutes international call, 200 local call and 10g internet this bundle is less than $15.

then download uber app. this app is important so you can know how much to pay from one place to another even if you don't want to use it and you want a local taxi it's better to know the average price for the trip so you avoid being scammed and you can tell the taxi driver before you enter ( I am going to pay ..... pound) so it's a deal before you enter.

kindly follow my blog to see more tips to avoid being scammed if you think of visiting Egypt. Thanks 

Queen Hatshepsut temple

Hatshepsut temple

It is a memorial temple to Queen Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari. The ancient Egyptians called it the "bridge of the bridge of Amun," meaning the most holy of Amen.

Hetshepsut temble entrance

The temple was constructed by the architect "Sennemoot" in a distinctive style consisting of three balconies. Attached to the temple are several booths, the most important of which are dedicated to Hathor and Anubis. Temple inscriptions clearly show the manifestations of family and religious enmity by deliberately distorting the images of Hatshepsut by Thutmose III, and by distorting the images of Amun by the priests of Aten.

Whom was Hatshepsut?

The only statue found for Hetshepsut

She is the eldest daughter of Pharaoh of Egypt, King Thutmose I and her mother, Queen Ahmose. Her father, the king, had given birth to an illegitimate son, Tuthmosis the second, and she accepted marriage to him on the custom of royal families to participate together in the rule after his death, as a solution to the problem of having a legitimate heir to him.

Queen Hatshepsut is known by the name of Ammon Hatshepsut, and her name means Amun’s daughter, Dora of the princesses or Amun’s favorite, over women. She is considered the fifth in the chain of the eighteenth family kings, and she received the ruling after the death of her husband, King Tuthmosis the Second. She is also considered one of the most famous and strongest queens who ruled Egypt.

Secrets of Horus Eye

Horus is the god of protection in ancient Egypt.

Symbolized by the strong and perverted falcon. His eyes were said to be the sun and moon, and the sacred eye, or what is known as "widget", which guarantees the integrity of the body and provides protection against the evil eye and magic, so the eye of Horus was a symbol of protection from risks.

Eye of Horus in different cultures.

And it was called in Hinduism (the eye of the world), and the third eye was on the "Shiva" front, which monitors what is happening in the world.It was the symbol of divine patronage in the universe, and as it recently represented: the eye surrounded by a ray of light (the eye that sees everything) appeared on the American dollar and on many symbols and buildings, and appeared in the first Masonic concerts in 1797 AD as one of the most important official symbols of Freemasonry, "Eye of the Spirit" And seen in a lion drawn under the eye and wing.

Did you know that Eye of Horus define the six sense?

Eye of Horus is divided into six basic elements, each of which represents a different sense: smell, touch, taste, hearing and sight, and the sixth sense is prediction and a sense of distant danger and the like. It is the watchman who withholds what is withheld from you.

There is a test, according to Emma King's theory, that shows if you have a sixth sense:Answer the following questions with (yes) or (no)

1- Have you ever canceled a project or decision because you felt something mysterious towards it?

2- Do you wake up from your sleep before the hour is ringing?

3- Do your dreams always come true?

4- Have you seen someone and felt you have seen them before?5- Do you see dead people in your dreams?

6- Is serendipity an important aspect of your life?

7- Can you feel a bad thing before it happens?

8- Do you make your decisions without a specific reason?

9- Do you believe in love and hate at first sight?

If most of your answers were "no"You do not have the sixth sense.And if most of your answers were with the word (yes) then you are:You have a lot of intuition, and your sixth sense works perfectly.

It was not the only Egyptians who knew and sanctified the Eye of Horus, not even the first of them, for all ancient civilizations made a falcon or eagle a symbol of the ability of the human mind to reach far beyond what the eyes see This is an instinctive, involuntary feeling that is far from logic, and which enables its owner to know the unknown and predict the future.The strange thing is that today we call it (the pineal gland) on the fruit of the ancient pine tree, and as the Egyptians called it Eye of Horus, the Greeks and the Chinese called it the third eye, and medicine recognized that it glowed and its activity increased after meditation and worship. And it excrete melatonin. It strengthens the body's immunity and fights cancer and is an antidepressant and stress.

In fact: All people possess this gland, which is specialized in the sixth sense, and to varying degrees. People until recently believed that this sense is a myth and has no scientific explanation. However, recent scientific studies have proven that the sixth sense is in every human being, but it is stronger in the simple, and in women more Of men, due to a feeling of helplessness in front of dangers.

Marsa Alam, red sea Sinai

 Marsa Alam Underwater paradise

Looking for one of the greatest diving spots in the world, charming colorful reefs, a peace of paradise its Marsa Alam in red sea Sinai, Egypt

The black magnetic pyramid

Ben Ben pyramid is the black magnetic pyramid

Black Magnetic Pyramid

Found in Ain Shams This is a pyramid that has puzzled scientists for thousands of years and was only able to solve the mystery after their ascension into space.Where it appeared that the pyramid is made of black stone, but it is not an ordinary stone because all its components do not exist on the face of the earth.

Iron black stone does not exist except in space in space meteorites, and the other mystery appears here because it is a very hard iron stone and difficult to form and drill, but it is not difficult to break, so how was it cut with such precision in the corners and deviations, and how were its faces refined by that unique polishing?Here the third mystery overlooks, which is how these very subtle inscriptions were engraved on the sides of the pyramid, and the scientists found that it was impossible for any tool, whether ancient or recent, to carve these inscriptions, unless using a laser cutting tool.

The iron black stone composition and components enjoys transmitting positive electromagnetic energy in its surroundings that makes everyone who comes close to it feels psychological comfort and extreme serenity and affects the human energy, so it removes negative energy from pain in any area of the body “is like the energy bracelet that is now worn, but a very high card affects any number, no matter how soon they are in his vicinity,” and the stone is now in the Egyptian Museum.

Ra Sun God

Ra was the sun god of the ancient Egyptians, and Ra was a god in the ancient Egyptian religion in the era of the Fifth Dynasty during the centuries 24 and 25 BC, and he was symbolized by the sun disk at noon.

 In later ages in the history of the Egyptian ruling families, (Ra) was joined to the god (Horus) to become his name "Ra-Horakhty" meaning (Ra, the Horus of Horizons) - and Horus is the falcon or the supreme and surrounding deity. Ra-Horakhty was believed to be the ruling god in all parts of the worlds: “heaven and earth” and “the underworld.” The new image of "Ra Al-Moutahid Horus" has been connected to the falcon or the grove that symbolizes Horus. In the era of the modern state that appeared between the 16th and 11th centuries B.C., the god Amun rose to prominence, fusing with Ra as a united deity, which is "Amon - Ra." During the Amarna era, the pharaoh Akhenaten suppressed the sect of Ra and the doctrine of "Amon - Ra" in favor of another religion calling for the unification of the deity of the sun itself or "the deified sun disk" - Aten, giving the deity of the sun a higher position than the abstract deities, but after the death of Akhenaten the sect of Ra regained its place.

middle east hot drink

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Enjoy hot drinks from the middle east
Chickpeas

Religious historical day plan tour in Cairo Egypt

Day plan tour in Cairo, Religious historical place to visit if you are located in Cairo Egypt, Islamic and Christian Monuments

The most important Islamic monuments built in the Middle Ages.

The Saladin Citadel of Cairo or the Mountain Castle.

The west side of the castle, there is the listed door (albab almodarag) and above it writing indicating the construction of this castle:

In the name of God the Merciful, ordered the establishment of this magnificent fortress, adjacent to Mahrousa Cairo, which collected the usefulness and improvement of the ability to resort to the shadow of his kingdom and fortified, the King Nasser Salah Eldin, Abu Muzaffar Yusuf bin Ayoub, the state of the faithful in the eyes of his brother and Crown Prince, Adel Saif al-Din Abu Bakr Muhammad Khalil, Commander of the Faithful, by the Emir of his kingdom, and appointed his state, Qarqush Ibn Abdullah, the monarch of Nazareth in the year of seventy-nine and five hundred.

The citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi is called the Castle of the Mountain because it is located on the famous mountain of Egypt known as Mount Mokattam and Mount Mokattam, the edge of the valley known as the Valley of the East in Cairo. Saladin began building this castle, and was completed during the reign of Sultan Kamel ibn al-Adel, and the full was the first inhabitants of this great fortress. This great fortress has many doors, including the door of Mokattam, the new door, the gate of the castle and the middle door.

Saladin began construction of a fortress over Mount Mokattam in a place known as the Dome Air. But he did not complete it in his life. But completed by Sultan Al-Kamel bin Al-Adel. The first king was the king and took it as king's palace. And continued until the reign of Muhammad Ali Pasha.

The castle includes many monuments of historical value, including:

Mosques: -

Mohammed Ali Mosque, Al-Nasir Qalawun Mosque, Sulaiman Pasha Al-Khadem Mosque, Ahmet Ktakhda Azban Mosque.

Palaces:

Al-Jawhara Palace, Al-Haram Palace, Al-Ablaq Palace.

Museums:

Military Museum, Police Museum.

Saint Samaan the Tanner Monastery (St. Samaan Al - Kharraz)

Oldest monasteries In Egypt, which is one of the most beautiful ancient Egyptian monuments because it is Curved in the rocks inside Mount Mokattam,
In the heart of the mountain on an area of ​​about 1000 meters. The monastery consists of 4 churches: the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary and St. Simon El-Kharraz, the Church of St. Abraham the Patriarch of Syriac, the Church of St. Mark,
Here is the main website for the Monastery so you can easily find your direction and to know more about it.
St.Samaan Church In Mokattam Mountain website

6 vintage photos from Egypt

Ramsis Square

Alexandria 1880

Pyramids 1925

Magra Eloyoun

Tahrir Square 1950

Soliman pasha square 1900

Ras El Tin Palace in Alexandria

One of the oldest palaces in Egypt

#Visit_Egypt

The Palace of Ras El Tin is not only a royal palace that belongs to the Mohammed Ali family, but it witnessed the most important political transformation in the history of Egypt, from kingdom to republic.

A place you must visit when you are in Alexandria.

The building of the palace took at least 11 years of 1834 and the engineers who built the palace were brought by Mohammed Ali from abroad. He wanted the palace to be an architectural masterpiece of all ages.

Overlooking the Mediterranean coast in Alexandria, this palace is one of the historical monuments in Alexandria

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Egyptian culture today tourist exploration

Egypt blended culture

Egypt is not from the third world countries and not from the countries of the first world also, we are not backward, but we have the fantasy of underdevelopment, It's very complected to express the Egyptian people with words, as it's a mixer of Pharaohs, Greeks, Ottomans, English, French, Islamic and Christian cultures all blended, you just have to deal with them to know.

If you want to explore the real Egypt it's not only the historical place or the nice weather and beaches, the Beautiful Egypt is dealing with the Egyptian people, warmth, generosity, humbleness and helpful.

The best place to explore the Egyptian culture today is to deal and watch the Egyptian people in a local coffee shop, so to feel more Egyptian I help you use some Arabic words to order your drink.

Have you tried to sit in a local Egyptian coffee shop?

If you did you would have heard some expressions in ordering your drink, I thought today to tell you how to order in Arabic and what it means.

Starting with the Egyptian or Turkish coffee:

Qahwa means coffee
Qahwa zeyada mean coffee with extra sugar "two teaspoon of sugar"
Qahwa mano it's a bit sugary than medium and less than extra "one and half teaspoon of sugar"
Qahwa mazbot means medium sugar coffee "one teaspoon of sugar"
Qahwa alreha = low sugar "half teaspoon"
Qahwa sada means with no sugar.
Qahwa faransawy means coffee with milk then use the sugar expressions with it, 

ex: qahwa faransawy mazbot means coffee with milk medium sugar.

Tea is much easier as it usually come without sugar and you put what you like, it's pronounced shay means tea
Shay fatla means tea bag
Shay ada means regular tea "no tea bag"
Shay meza or shay belaban mean tea with milk.

Sahlab is an Arabian hot drink usually we drink it in winter as it's very hot and it make you get warmer very delicious it taste nearly pudding.

To be updated with recommended coffee shops and more Arabic helpful expressions.

Serapeum of Saqqara 100 ton boxes mystery

The Saqqara Serapeum:

Found in 1851 by the French Egyptologist François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette, He was in a mission seeking Coptic manuscript for the Louvre collection so that it retained its then-supremacy over other national collections, He came to Egypt in 1850 but after an unsuccessful mission finding the manuscripts to avoid an embarrassing return empty-handed to France, Started to visit temples and get friendship with the Bedouins whom led him to Saqqara, Thus, in 1851, he made his celebrated discovery of this avenue and eventually the subterranean tomb-temple complex of catacombs with their spectacular sarcophagi of the Apis bulls, Saqqara Serapeum located near the djoser pyramid in Saqqara.

Saqqara Serapeum Map

The Serapeum of Saqqara corridors are carved in the ground for a distance of 380 meters, Separated side sections had 24 granite coffins, The average weight of the sarcophagus is about 100 tons, and there is only the "lower vestibule", which includes the tombs of the Apis bull.

Now here goes the questions ,
How was this corridors carved in the ground for 380 meters?
How was this 100 ton granite Boxes or Sarcophagus pushed inside?
How was granite Sarcophagus cut and polished without a machine?
What was the source of power?
Every time Explorers of the Egyptology find a new discovery thinking that they will find answers they get stuck in more and more questions and mysteries

Architectural design of Petra

Shahin Al Khalwati mosque

On the highway "autostrad" to Maadi, At an edge of Mokattam mountain over the tombs El Abagya, the region was once called the Valley of the Vulnerable,
You can spot a the mosque of Shahin Al Khalwati an architectural design of Petra style

The mosque Shahin Al Khalwati was built in 1538

The mosque is a unique architectural style in Islamic monuments, built in the same way as the Hatshepsut Temple and the city of Petra. The mosque is part of a group that includes the mosque, a shrine and three graves, the largest of which is Shahin al-Khalwati, and two others for Jamal al-Din Shahin and his son Muhammad Shahin.

The Heavenly Cathedral in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

The Beautiful Coptic Egypt Churches

The Heavenly Cathedral, Coptic Orthodox Church in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt,

The church "Samayein" as Egyptian call it, Is an architectural masterpiece, where all the walls and ceilings are engraved with symbols, pictures and stories of the preaching of the Old and New Testaments, which were decorated by the Egyptian artist Michael Jacob.

Heavenly Cathedral in Al nor district Sharm El-Sheikh

Dahab underwater museum

Undersea museum:

Intended to help protect Red Sea marine life. A tropical coral reef grows horizontally from one to three centimeters per year, and vertically anywhere from 1 to 25 centimeters per year. It is important that new structures are provided to help shelter the corals over the years to come.
As part of the new museum, a statue of an elephant has been submerged into the deep blue sea off Dahab. It was created out of 72 per cent recycled materials, including old bikes and shipping debris. It weighs some 800 kilos and is as large as a real elephant. Other statues have also been submerged to support new coral growth, including of the ancient Egyptian god Horus and the cartoon character Pinocchio.

I Dive Tribe Community of young scuba divers aiming to save the coral reefs that are threatened by human activities and climate change.
We have noticed that some divers, tourists and even amateurs when snorkeling and diving or doing sports activities in the Red Sea take away parts of the coral reefs, even cutting off entire roots and putting the whole ecosystem in danger, Even though their intentions may be harmless, taking souvenirs from undersea environments can create tragedies for the sea ecosystem.

I Dive Tribe community:

The founders of the group are Abdel-Latif, Abdel-Rahman Al-Mekkawi and Farah Akram. The tribe was started in 2010, when they first put their beliefs into practice. The i Dive Tribe is not only a school for teaching diving, but also believes in the need to protect the ecosystem of the sea waters.

Did the ancient Egyptians have electricity?

How did ancient Egyptian had light inside their temples?

Many questions where moving inside my head, especially if you visited a tomb or went inside the pyramids, how could they see inside their tombs to draw paintings without electricity, no yet nowhere on the ceilings it there even the slightest evidence of soot or smoke residue, How then torches were used by the ancient Egyptians to light the pitch black chambers of tombs and temples According to most mainstream archaeologists, Also, there isn’t enough oxygen inside those tombs with which to support or feed a flame of a torch.
Dendera was the area where the knowledge of the light-giving source was kept, and this secret knowledge was kept by the high priests. They were the only ones that were privy to this type of information, because Dendera was the special place where this specific knowledge was guarded and kept.

Dendera Temple is located about 2.5 km south-east of Dendera, Egypt. It was part of a temple complex, The main temple is called Hathor’s Temple

In Egypt there is this underground crypt at Dendera that was always secret and only the high priests had access to that crypt. It is very hot in there, very narrow, low ceiling, and on the walls you have these reliefs of what looks like ancient light bulbs.

The walls are decorated with human figures next to bulb-like objects reminiscent of over sized light bulbs. Inside these “bulbs” there are snakes in wavy lines. The snakes’ pointed tails issue from a lotus flower, which, without much imagination, can be interpreted as the socket of the bulb. Something similar to a wire leads to a small box on which the air god is kneeling. Adjacent to it stands a two-armed djed pillar as a symbol of power, which is connected to the snake. Also remarkable is the baboon-like demon holding two knives in his hands, which are interpreted as a protective and defensive power.

The details of the electric thesis by Krassa, Habeck, and Garn.

Peter Krassa, Walter Garn and Reinhard Habeck in 1982 with a the Leuchttkörper models constructed by Garn at the Frankfurt book fair.
Till now its still a mystery Did the ancient Egyptians have electricity? No solid proof yet.

Mysterious photos explained

Beautiful Egypt mysterious photo of the desert cones

To view this photo on Google Earth map, set coordinates: 27°22'54.59"N, 33°37'48.46"E Many stories were said about those photos, some said its a portal to another world and some said its done by Aliens, what's the story around them?

The Desert Breath:

Mysterious photos explained, This is the name of the project Sponsored by Orascom development company in Egypt, this land art project created by D.A.ST. Arteam. Desert Breath in the eastern sahara desert bordering the red sea in El Gouna, Egypt. The construction of Desert Breath was completed in March 1997. Can easly be reached from El Gouna by renting a car or a bicycle, just turn right from El Gouna gate and you can spot it, you can get a map and information from the library in El Gouna Best time to visit Desert Breath is sunrise early morning and before sunset.

Here you can find information about El Gouna, The most beautiful coastal cities in the world.

Nefertiti symbol of true beauty

#Nefertiti

Nefertiti is the Egyptian queen who was famous for her beauty. She is known to have an elegant beauty. She has a statue that is a symbol of many women and many modern cosmetic lines. Many communities throughout the world have adopted Queen Nefertiti as a symbol of true beauty, They have declared it the most beautiful woman in the world.

Despite the disappearance of her body, but all books of ancient history about how was she so powerful queen .. "Beautiful came" This is the meaning of her name, which history forever immortal her.

Queen Nefertiti

Nefertiti is the wife of Amenhotep the fourth, Pharaoh the Eighteenth Dynasty, who changed his name after their marriage to Akhenaten, and the mother in law of Tutankhamun. 

Tut ankh Amun remains the husband of her daughter Ankh Esen Amun. Nefertiti is the only pharaoh who was the wife of Pharaoh and mother in law of  a Pharaoh and the daughter of Pharaoh.

In 1912, In Tel Amarna, Minya the German Egyptology Ludwig Burchardt found the Nefertiti statue in the workshop of sculptor Tuthmosis and fled to his house in Cairo's Zamalek neighborhood. He then hid it inside pottery pieces and smuggled it out of Egypt to Germany and then to Berlin.  During World War II. The soldiers stole it and took it to America. Because it was stolen from the Berlin Museum America sent it back, But to this day Germany has not responded to the Egyptian government's request that it return the statue to Egypt!!!

Another statue of the head of Nefertiti in the Egyptian Museum, to the end of the scientists could not locate the tomb of Nefertiti, and it is believed that Tutankhamun transferred the mummy of Nefertiti and the mummy of his father Akhenaten of Tel Amarna after he became king but no one reached the cemetery .. Erasing the history of Nefertiti, but the simple information gathered about it by suggesting that it was a strong personality and beautiful form and subject.

Day plan tour Cairo or Giza

Tourist staying in Cairo or Giza can set a day plan to #Saqqara area.

What we will see in Saqqara?

For tourists want to set their own tour plan here is a suggestion,

I will tell you all about Saqqara Area and what can you see and do,Recommended places in the area and you can skip or do what ever you like .

First start by some historical details ,Saqqara is a village located in the southwest of Giza Governorate.
Saqqara is one of the most important historical and archaeological sites in Egypt. It is named after the Pharaonic Pharaoh Sukkar, and there are many pyramids of the kings of Pharaonic families, especially the third, fifth, sixth, And their families, as well as some graves for the kings of the first families,

The most important monuments in Saqqara are the Saqqara pyramid,

The Saqqara pyramid, also called the pyramid of terraces, or the pyramid of Zoser, in relation to King Zoser, one of the Pharaohs of the third family that ruled Egypt. Its base is about 130 m, and its height is about 60 m. It is one of the oldest pyramids in the world. The pyramid consists of 6 terraces. It contains many rooms, corridors, mezzanine, and doors that contain inscriptions of the Zoser. The walls are decorated with blue and green ceramics. A statue of King Zoser sitting on his throne, in addition to the pyramid contains two buried Two daughters of King Zoser.

Tomb of Ti,

The Tomb of Ti. is located in the northern region of Saqqara, a cemetery built by Kan Ti, who served as supervisor of the pyramids at the time of the last kings of the fifth Egyptian family, in the 24th century BC, he built to bury him with his wife, Among the most famous archaeological sites in the area, it consists of an upper section with a small hall with two columns engraved with a picture of me, and its walls contain inscriptions, inscriptions depicting the funerary, agricultural and daily life of the inhabitants. There is also a large courtyard consisting of 12 columns, The coffin of Ti was found empty at the burial site but you can see a copy of a statue, Since the original version of the statue is in the Egyptian Museum.

The Serapium of Saqqara,

The Serapium is a place engraved in the rocks of Saqqara in Egypt, divided into many valleys, in the middle of each valley there is a huge granite coffin in which the calf is buried. The work of the tombs of the king, Amenhotep, began, and the burial continued until the end of the era of the Ptolemies. The place was discovered by the great sociologist Mariette and the mummies of the calf Abbis were found with  rich in the most precious types of decorations and precious stones.

On your way back after the historical tour you will see many hand made carpet schools in the road of Saqqara,

Handmade Carpet schools

Saqqara is one of the most important places in the Egyptian handmade carpets industry, where Saqqara is known as a tourist area of ​​the first style, and this is why many schools and hand-made carpet factories have been established. There are about eight schools and factories for the production of handmade carpets: Saqqara School, Handy, Oriantal, Sinfero, Sultan, Nile, Tohami, Akhenaten. Saqqara School is the first hand-weaving school in the region where it was built in 1976. It continued its work in teaching the handmade carpet industry through its own school and its production till this moment, you can visit one of them even if you will not buy ,they will welcome you to see the process of making the carpets .

Dalida Sings to Egypt ,Helwa ya baladi

Helwa ya baladi means Oh beautiful my country

#Dalida

ِA song by a world legend singer Dalida Born and raised in Egypt , Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was a French vocalist and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents. She won the Miss Egypt beauty contest in 1954. Her singing career began in 1956 and ended with her last album in 1986, half a year before she committed suicide.

This song by Dalida is made and dedicated to Egypt. English translation is under the video

R.I.B

A beautiful word and many more

My country is beautiful

A beautiful song and many more

My country is beautiful

My hope was always

To come back to my country

And stay with you forever

Memories from the past

My country I remember

My heart is full of stories

My country, I remember

My first love was in my country

It's impossible for my to forget

Wheres the old days

Before leaving

We used to say that separation was impossible

And every tear on the cheeks used to drop

Filled with lots of hope that we will stay

In the sea of love

A beautiful word and many more

My country is beautiful

A beautiful song and many more

My country is beautiful

Wheres the love of my heart

He was away from me

And every time we sing

I think of him

Tell me love, where are you going and leaving me

It's the most beautiful song were both going to sing

My country is a beautiful word to be singing between the lines

A beautiful word and many more

My country is beautiful

A beautiful song and many more

My country is beautiful

My hope was always

To come back to my country

And stay with you forever