Cairo woman converts bus into tiny house - in pictures
Egyptian engineer Yara Shalabi, 39, converted a bus into a home after rent and living expenses in her flat in Cairo, Egypt, became too high.
Yara Shalabi wanted to save on rent and start her retirement project early.
So she bought a bus and started renovating.
Yara Shalabi works on converting the coach into a home.
The decommissioned bus that Yara Shalabi converted into a home.
Yara Shalabi looks out from her new home.
Yara Shalabi in the kitchen of her bus home.
Yara Shalabi's son in their home on wheels.
A view of the bus interior after Yara Shalabi's conversion.
'I love driving and exploring natural spaces around us, and for financial reasons, I realised that I didn't have to wait until I was 60 or 70 to fulfil this dream,' Yara Shalabi says.
'I could start now, I could stop paying the rent that has been draining me for years and finally live in the place I'd always dreamt of living in when I grew up.'
Yara Shalabi says: 'I can now use the money that I was paying in rent as instalments on a house for the next three to four years, and then buy my own place, and solve this rent problem.'
Yara Shalabi plans to use the bus as a permanent home and as transport and lodgings combined for trips into Egypt's deserts.
