Safir Hotel Cairo Giza

... staff to come join me for Thai food and there ended being about 24 of us who got off the bus for some delicious Thai food. Of course I had my typical Tom Kha Gai soup with rice, Tom Kha Gai is a coconut chicken soup and it is so good! I of course got the large and end up eating it all and had to sit up straight because slouching over hurt my stomach.
I had so much fun talking to the ...

... gold and jewel encrusted chair, gold bed, jeweled belt, gold door knobs, gold games, gold sandals, suspect King Tut could have easily been mistaken for modern day Elizabeth Taylor drag queen.
Later that night we travel to our hotel near Mount Sinai which we proceed to climb at 2.30am so that we can reach the summit for sunrise. This is where Moses was given the ten commandments and saw the burning bush. Got to hand it to Moses ...

... day of the weekend, and Saturday is still the weekend, and finally today a worker came to fix the washer - but her clothes had been stuck for four days already! I can't imagine what that must have smelled like.

Of course there are little things that go wrong as well, like the other day, my roommate opened the cabinet just to have the glass window on the cabinet fall down at her. Luckily, she was one of the Air Force Academy girls and had quick enough ...

... in, so a bunch of people had to go and wait in line for the two bathrooms. 5 minutes later, she’s nagging us about whether we’re finished already. Yes, obviously we just like to stand in lines outside the bathroom for fun. Clearly, we’re already done. Ay yi yiiiii

One funny part of the day was that all the sellers spoke to us in Italian. I mean, do they not see how white I am?

I got to ride a camel again. There was a little boy ...

... on some artifacts.

The Egyptian Museum has some of the best collection of antiquities on Earth. We came to the conclusion that all the other museums in the world, such as the Louvre, just have the **** after thoughts. The real deal is here. Infact there is a mummy room (40 pounds with student ID) that has pretty much every Pharaoh from 1000 years in one spot with the exception of King Tut who is at the Valley of the Kings. It is sad though as most of the ...

... support boat or picking up her bag myself. Her wallet was in her bag as well, and between the two of us we had just over 1500 Egyptian pounds, which we knew since we had just visited the ATM. Kristen had taken out money this time, and when I had checked my e-mail the previous morning, I had put 4 100 pound notes into my wallet. My internet had cost 10 pounds, which I had taken out nd kept loose next to the keyboard upon arrival.

And yet now in my ...

... hibiscus juice (which is very tasty) and there was tea, coffee, and other juices as well. After breakfast, we watched a woman make unleavened bread in a stone oven on the grounds. Then we met our guide for the day, Mustafa. He was great. He is saving up money to buy a good camera to be a photographer, so he loved to take pictures for us and we have so many amazing shots, especially on the camels and by the pyramids. He was willing to answer all our questions and was ...

... no peddling locals and no loud noises. it was tranquil and quiet. and breezy on top of it. a perfect day for seeing ancient ruins. and taking some great pics of ancient hieroglyphs.



after a couple hours of seeing exactly what sakkara had to offer (lots and lots of restoration), we hit the road and starting making our way back to Maadi. We've gotta ...

... my pictures, did some packing, Matt went to the casino in the hotel, and we had coffee and dessert in the lobby while we wrote postcards.  Now I am just waiting for the pictures to upload and finish my blog before going to bed.  Tomorrow is a trip with Bob to Alexandria and that means being ready and fed by 7:30! I'll upload pictures once they are ready and post again tomorrow night! It was another great day-

... were exciting and wonderful….

We also visited the embalming room and had a close look at the Sphinx. As I said, a full day.

For dinner, we went to the Christo near the Mena House. I was trying to save some money, but it was very nearly as expensive as the Oberoi. The food was fine but not great. We were all pretty exhausted, so we're going to bed early.