FLYING OUT

Trip Start Jul 14, 2007
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

My plane was reasonably on time,and I arrived in Frankfurt from Heathrow to spend a night at the airport awaiting my connection to Cairo.In the end it was not so bad....a pub in the large indoor shopping centre beneath the airport stayed open until about 1-30 am,and I filled up with a large salad and a refreshing litre of lager,while listening to a pleasingly english selection of music,including one or two Rolling Stone's numbers,and the classic "I don't believe we're on the eve of destruction..",the latter having apparently been a favourite in Sarajevo cellar bars during the siege.This reminded me of inspiring war adventures in years gone by,and put me in the mood for this trip.What a shame inspiration doesn't come so easy these days.
I caught a few hours sleep in the doorway of another restaurant,my bags resting on the airport trolley,and was surprisingly fresh for the onward flight.

In Cairo,I quickly caught a bus to the taxi park,and then shared a cab into town with a British immigrant couple who had just flown in from Luxor,and were on their way to Sinai.
My choice of hotel was difficult to find from where I was dropped. I accepted the assistance of a faux guide,who carried one of my heavy bags,and took me to a hotel cheaper than I had intended,so I did not mind doing him a favour in return,even though it was obvious this person was a professional tout.
We drove to a big hotel,where he used my passport to obtain duty free liquor and cigarettes.The purchase was scribbled neatly in my passport,so that I could not buy again.I did my best to avoid this man's further attention,but was pleased to only pay 40 EP at the hotel that I was staying at.It has to be said that the single room was shabby and the showers cold,but at least it was en suite,and offered a balcony view of the city.
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