Good news and Bad news

The good news is that the trip is going fabulously - we went to the Pyramids yesterday and it was just as cool as one would hope.  Now we are checked into the Marriott in Cairo, where the breakfast buffet includes sushi.  It would not be an overstatement to say that I want to marry this hotel.  We are going to see belly dancing and do some more sightseeing for the next couple days until our flight back to Conakry, which brings me to the bad news...

There was some violence in Conakry the last couple days because of a minister who got sacked.  The union leaders have called for general strikes starting the 10th...Cam and I are scheduled to arrive at 3am on the 11th.  So we aren't really sure what's going on and are currently waiting to hear what Peace Corps wants us to do.  I sincerely hope that the strikes will not be like last year's and will be less violent, but we'll have to see what happens.  Grr.

Anyway, Pyramids are amazing and life is good.  I'll keep you posted!