Day 33: Cairo

May 31, 2005

We left Luxor last night at around 11:10pm, and arrived this morning in Cairo at around 8:30am. The seats were pretty good but the lights don't turn off so we're a bit tired.

We were taken by bus to the same hotel we stayed in on the first night, the King Hotel. We cleaned up and met the gang in the lobby for 11:30. In the convoy was Glen and Rebecca, Paul and Meghan, Braiden, Kiera, and us. We grabbed 2 taxis to the bazaar for 10LE per taxi one way.

The bazaar was surprisingly okay. We had heard that it was just nuts but it wasn't too crowded. Maybe it was because we were there early, or maybe because it's so hot today... I don't know why but I loved it. It's only fun when you're in the mood and I was. Jen and I got some good buys.

We met up at 2pm with the gang... really ended up being more like 2:30. No big deal. We're all on Egyption time now. Anyway, the plan for today is bowling and dinner together for some more group bonding. The group has been amazing and we couldn't have hoped for better.

The plan for tomorrow is to catch the bus from Cairo to Dahab at 7:15am; hang out during the day in Dahab and store our luggage in the hotel room of our new friend from the tour group Kiera (although she doesn't know this yet). Tomorrow night, we'll take a bus to St Catherine and climb Mt Sinai, then camp our there over night to catch the sunrise. We'll hike back and catch the bus back to Dahab the next day. Hopefully it all goes nice and smoothly.

Wish us luck!

Michael