Getting to Egypt required the longest flight of all time, complete with screaming children on all sides, and a complete lack of sleep. So far it's been worth it, but I'm dreading the flight home...
Day 1- April 18th, Cairo
We arrived in Cairo at 11:30AM, and Jaimee met us at the airport. We went back to her apartment to freshen up and let everyone know that we arrived safely. We then took the metro to Giza (in the "women's car") and were off to see the Pyramids. We decided to be touristy and ride the camels, which are HUGE in real life. So we began the long ride through the sand towards the Pyramids, while bouncing on tall funny camels. It was not the most comfortable ride and my ass still hurts, but it was fun. We rode all the way up to the pyramids and walked around a bit taking lots of pictures. Our guides were constantly being harrassed by the tourist police, who wanted money, it was a strange situation but they left us alone. The Pyramids were amazing of course, and it was an enjoyable way to start the trip.
Back to the apartment for a quick nap and shower, then dinner. We had koshari, which is a bowl of rice, pasta, lentils and onions, wtih a little bit of tomato sauce. Sounds strange but it was very good. then we were off to meet some of Jaimee's friends at a cafe. When we arrived, we found that the cafe was completely full, so they had gone next door to TGIFridays. The horror. We all had a laugh about it, then adjourned to the outside area to smoke sheesha... at Fridays. On the Nile. Sheesha is actually pretty tasty, like strawberries and very cool on your throat. The guys that Jaimee's friends with are actually track and field stars here, national champions and one Olympic hopeful. One of the girl's was from Spain, so I got to speak a little Spanish. They were all very friendly and fun. We finally headed back to the apartment for a two hour nap before we had to head back to the airport (dread) for our early morning flight to Aswan.
To be continued with Day 2 (which was AMAZING)
Cheers!
Angela
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