From Conakry to Casa to Cairo

Cam and I are on Day 3 of the Egypt trip. So far we have done a lot of eating and shopping with not a whole lot of culture thrown in. That will change tomorrow when we leave for Luxor and begin our Nile cruise. Ana and Felipe arrived really late last night so we rescheduled our Pyramids tour that was supposed to leave this morning at 7am. Which would have been horrible!

We had a funny thing happen our first night here - we met a girl from PC Niger who knows 3 of our friends who transferred. She was headed to Jordan for a friend's wedding but the flight from Niger got pushed back a day so she was homeless in Cairo for 30 hours. We brought her back to the hotel with us and went to the mall, which was a delicious culture shock for all of us. I ate Quizno's. Unfortunately there is no bacon in this Muslim country, but beef bacon isn't so bad!

Yesterday Cam and I went wandering around downtown Cairo (actually, there is no real downtown since the city is so huge - 20 million people!) We had a nice time and just walked and looked at the buildings and all the people and everything. I took a picture at a Harley Davidson shop to email my dad. We ate Korean food. Life is good.

Okay, we are off to dinner now. I'll update again when the cruise is over! Happy New Year!