12.18.2007

Middle Eastern Winter: Day 5? (Egypt)

Well we're in Cairo, Egypt right now. All our flights we're good and everything went smooth. We had a six hour layover in Amsterdam and even left the airport and went into the city. Amsterdam is, probably, one of the easiest countries to get into. We spent about 3 hours in the city before heading back to the airport. [Speed forward some amount of hours] We landed in Amman Friday night. Sam's parents were there to meet us at the airport. Its been fun being with his parents. Its neat to see where he gets some of the stuff he does. We spent Saturday and Sunday in Amman. We left for Cairo at 4am Monday morning. I'm going to skip all the details... but... our hour ferry ride across the Red Sea took an hour and a half, the ferry was supposed to leave at 12, but didn't leave until 1:30, we waited on the ferry in the port in Egypt for an hour too long, and our bus ride to Cairo was 7 hours. All in all, the trip to Cairo took about 20 hours. Today we went to the Egyptian Museum. It was really neat seeing stuff from so long ago. Some cool things we saw were mummies and two of King Tut's coffins.We just took the rest of the day and explored Cairo a little bit. Saw the Nile. Now I'm sitting in an internet cafe talking (kind of) to you. I have a lot of pictures, but I don't have means of getting them online at this moment. I'll try to continue this conversation soon, but until then, salaam alaikum.

2 comments:

jules said...

horray, im so glad you are having a fun time. i cant wait to see pictures!
it snowed last night so the girls are making a snowman right now. im on the couch with three blankets cause im sick which is terribly lame, but o well.
praying for you boys!

carly said...

i agree with julie, hooray. im happy to see u wrote, but really want to see some pics. stay safe