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* Good Times and Cheap Wine * It's Beginning to Feel a lot Like Christmas * Out and About in Cairo * Alexandria * Mt. Sinai * Under the Sea * "Welcome to Egypt" * We're not in Kansas Anymore
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December 20, 2004Goal!!!So I arrived in Rome about noon on the 19th and started looking for this hostel that a guy I met in Athens recommended to me. I basically had a street, a patchwork map and a name. So, I ended...Read this update December 18, 2004Good Times and Cheap WineSo, after the first night here I decided to move hostels, because despite the fact that I got a four bed room to myself, there was almost no one else in my hostel. This is great if you have a...Read this update December 17, 2004It's Beginning to Feel a lot Like ChristmasFor the first time in my whole trip I felt like Christmas was coming. Walking into the Metro station in Greece I was greeted with Christmas lights and people dressed in Christmas/Winter type gear. I managed to find a reasonably...Read this update December 12, 2004Out and About in CairoSo, I've been a pretty busy kid in Cairo. Only have a couple digital pics cause my camera is not co-operating, but have a bunch on a normal camera. The night I got back, me, Em and a bunch of...Read this update December 11, 2004AlexandriaI love this city...I only spent one day here, but I really liked it. It's North of Cairo on the Mediterranian Sea, was found by Alexander the Great during his conquests and was one of the old capitals of Egypt....Read this update December 09, 2004Mt. SinaiAfter spending 3 days scubaing in Dahab, I decided on my way back to Cairo to stop off and hike up Mt. Sinai. Now compared to the other two Mountains, this one was much smaller at a mere 2,285 meters....Read this update December 08, 2004Under the SeaAfter spending the day with Em, doing a whirlwind tour around Cairo, I decided to head for a place called Dahab, on the Eastern edge of the Sinai peninsula to relax and above all else, scuba dive. The bus ride...Read this update December 06, 2004"Welcome to Egypt""Welcome to Egypt" is to be said in a deep arabic voice. I actually haven't heard it from an Egyptian yet, but several North American students here have said it to me...the most I have heard, about 7 times from...Read this update December 03, 2004We're not in Kansas AnymoreNot sure if I have mentioned this in a previous entry or not, but my flight from Jakarta to Cairo had a transfer in Abu Dhabi, and as it happens, my connector flight got changed, so I ended up having...Read this update |
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