And Then There Was Egypt

Finally, I am back in front of my lovely computer. Egypt was definitely an interesting experience. Alex, Beki, Grace, Nidhal, and I flew to Egpyt on Monday and got there around 8pm. A friend of Nidhal's friend was there to pick us up... but so was a guy from the hostel. That was a little tense in a very Egyptian way. On the way to the hostel, I noticed that in many places there were no lines on the roads. When there were, no one paid any attention to them. Along with the lack of road order was, of course, the continuous honking of horns. But we made it back with our lives and then went out for juice and some shisha. On the way there, we noticed that the residents of Cairo also ignored all street lights.

On Tuesday, we saw the pyramids, the sphinx, and some other stuff. It was incredibly hot and really really bright and sunny. By 4pm, we were starving, but apparently it's normal for Egyptians not to eat lunch until then. Nuts. The humas was really really amazingly good. ...And then we slept, I think. Wednesday was more stuff in Cairo including the museum with mummies and crap.. It's kind of a blur. I'm not entirely sure what we did. Oh yes, I remember. We saw a castle and went in a mosque and did some store browsing.

And then there was Thursday. We all woke up sick (except Nidhal, but he got it the next day). It was completely unpleasant and not cool. I believe the best description given was 'anal faucet'. In the evening, we had booked a 2-hour cruise on the Nile, and so we did that. None of us were feeling that great (except Nidhal), and I think I was the worst of all of them. I didn't eat anything on the boat and I saw some interesting entertainment. The next day was almost as sick as Thursday, but we were in Alexandria and couldn't stay in bed. Alexandria was interesting. We saw some ruins, a library, a cool castle, and the beach. We swam in the Mediterranean. Saturday was better in the sickness category and also very interesting. We saw a museum of a bunch of early Christian stuff in Egypt and went shopping. Overall, a good time.