Well, flight to NYC went good after a couple delays at PHX. Our Delta flight to Cairo was packed and being the lucky person that I am, I was assigned a middle seat directly in front a kicking, screaming and puking(!) child. Evidently the parents thought this was good behavior for a 11 hour flight. I must have accured some bad karma somewhere. But all was well and it was good to see our neighbor, Jim, waiting to pick us up. Now I heard the driving was bad here but how bad? BAD! I think the words "I dont want to die" came flying out of my mouth on more than one occasion. There are no such things as "lanes" on the highway. Well, there are but its just a waste of paint because no one follows them anyway. Public transportation buses are weird minivan sometimes without doors that will stop along the highway to pick up hitchhikers. And dodging the people, donkeys, vehicles and other zillion objects (ie rocks!) flying at you while driving feels a bit like a video game. I have also seen 1 (uno, single, lone, only) stop light in this city. yeah. Sometimes a suicidal cop may run into the middle of the road to allow a car to make a left, otherwise you hit the horn, avoid eye contact, and say a prayer. When we safely made it to Jims place it was time to slam a Coors Light and check out the pyramids from the roof of his apartment building and jump in the pool. Thats right, we were drinking beer in a pool looking at the pyramids on top of a building in Cairo. Please take a moment to picture it and feel envious. After cleaning up we headed out to the Nile with some more beers and sangria in tow for a sunset Felluca (small sailboat) river cruise. I, of course, donned my Cleopatra best and the locals were quite impressed if I do say so myself. It was lovely, and I dont just mean the outfit. As the beautiful sunset faded to dark the city of Cairo light up the shoreline. Since we ran out of beer we hit the TGI Fridays on the river for some local brew and smoke some peach tabacco out of the hooka. Im not very good on the hooka but Jeff did well enough to impress some locals. What a day!
On a side note: You will not see Sparty in any of the pictures as he went missing somewhere between JFK and Cairo. RIP Sparty. You will be missed.
2 comments:
I can't believe Sparty is gone! I will pray that he becomes a saint :) Glad you guys made it there safe!
omg, I can totally imagine it.. reminds me of India. I once read in a Time magazine article that when it comes to India, all you need is good brakes, a good driver, and good luck"... sounds like Cairo too! Be safe :-) and Have fun!
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