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Friday, July 27th, 2007

We’re leaving Dublin for the northwest of Ireland in about an hour. From the air at least, Ireland still looks beautiful and green. It’s cold, but everywhere would be cold after Cairo.

Things we have really enjoyed in the past 24 hours:
Brushing our teeth with tap water
Drinking from a water fountain
Washing fruit with tap water
Trusting public toilets
No haggling or getting overcharged
Using reliable hot water
Queueing (i.e. forming a line, i.e. FIFO)

Drinking a draft Guiness

Things we have not enjoyed:
The strong euro. 🙁

Time Flies

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

One more day in Cairo and we still can’t say enough good things about it, which isn’t to say that there aren’t a few bad things. We’d like to say something more substantive on the matter, but this city has a way of keeping us busy from whenever we roll out of bed until late at night.

On Thursday we’re off to Ireland for a week and then we’ll be home. I’m sure we’ll have some “thoughtful” conclusion written by the time we get home that we’ll post, but any amusement we may have provided regarding our locations has probably come to a close.

Now then, our faithful readers, we need your help. We have been away from the world of home for far too long, and we want to pretend we have kept up to date the whole time. What have we missed in the past 9 months in the world of the internet, cinema, or TV that we either would have enjoyed or would make us social outcasts without knowing about? We’re already bummed about missing
the latest season of Veronica Mars and that new superhero dramedy looked promising… Luckily, Buffy and Angel are no more, or we’d be way too far behind.

Cairo

Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Camel and the Bent Pyramid called Whoops Dishes and Mosques We have been in Cairo for three ... [Continue reading this entry]

Stopovers

Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Khartoum - At least the airport did not flood Thanks to the joy of flying on the cheapest ticket possible, we were able to land ... [Continue reading this entry]

Millions of Beaches

Monday, July 16th, 2007
Jambiani We just visited perfect beach #3 of our trip. The beaches of Zanzibar are indeed quite nice with their amazingly fine white sand, blissfully torquoise waters and unlimited opportunities for lounging under ... [Continue reading this entry]

ZIFF

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Dhow Just another building In the past 8 months, we've gone to see 5 movies. In 4 days on Zanzibar at the [Continue reading this entry]

Zanzibar

Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Zanzibar Sunset We've only been in Zanzibar for a few hours, and we already know we're going to be here for longer than expected. We've seen more tourists today than in the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Beware of Hippos

Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Hippo Pool Armed Ranger zebras As we were waiting for our dinner in the village ... [Continue reading this entry]