here we are in Cairo...we spent our last morning in Dubai with Rheanne, who very kindly drove us to the airport so we could have our last meal in Dubai together. We then said our sad goodbyes and took a plane with Egyptair, where the customer service quality was pretty crappy. Once we landed, we had no idea where we were staying (it's tough to always plan so far ahead when you're travelling for a long time). We ended up going with these dudes from the airport who took us to a hotel. It's not bad...small, cheap, with a great rooftop restaurant.
So far, we really like Cairo for its perfect mix of crazy driving (busy all the time, people squishing into lanes, honking constantly), the dirtiness of it (people seem to use the street as a trash dumping zone), the friendly people, the weirdness (donkeys, horses and oxen hauling stuff, camels everywhere around the pyramids) and great sights. Today we went with a guide to see the pyramids of Giza (we even went in one...not for people with sore backs or who suffer from claustrophobia), the sphinx, saqqara (site of the first pyramids, dating back to about 3500BC) and memphis to see the sculpture of king ramses II. Every once in a while I get flashbacks from my high school history class, especially since my old teacher LOVED Egypt, and I can see why! We have our next two weeks booked...it'll be busy but great! Tomorrow we will see old Cairo, including the oldest mosque in Egypt, some cool churches and the egyptian museum. From there, we go to Alexandria the next day, then south to Aswan.
Well, we're off to hopefully buy a camera from a sketchy store. It's not easy to find a good camera store in Cairo - the one we're going to is close to our hotel and the prices are reasonable. Too bad the store is at the top of a dirty building where one dude smokes in the store and the other one has like 0.75 of a lazy eye in both eyes so you never know which one to look at...kinda like those chameleons with the rotating eyes. Can you tell it's been a long day? Anyways, we'll post pictures when we find an internet café that can take the memory card reader.
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Miss you, come home soon!
YIPPEE!!!!!! less than 2 weeks to go. Looking forward to hearing all about your experiences, and love to see all the photos, might have to reserve a month to get through all the pictures :)
Can't wait to hear all the details of your trip....I have been checking your blog, glad to see you both are having a blast. See ya when you get back to work Jason!!! Merry Christmas to you both.
hey Michelle!
wow, can't believe how time flies and that you are almost done with your trip. I thought you were still in Asia but now see you are in Africa! Looking forward to hearing more about your trip in person than via blog world. Guess who you will be working with? moi.
I think Marie-Hélène told you right. See you in January.
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