Saturday, May 10, 2008
I arrived in Cairo, Egypt friday (May 10th) at midnight. The immigration process took a little bit longer than I thought it would but everything was fine. Bishoy my translator thought that I was coming Saturday at Midnight, so noone came to pick me up. I called him a few times, but I guess he was asleep. I waited for an hour. I decided to take a taxi and try to find an internet cafe so I could check my e-mail and try to find an address or another phone number. I got a facebook message from Caprill, a young American woman, who lives in Cairo. She gave me her phone number, so I took a chance and decided to call her. It was about 2:30 a.m, and I thought she would be asleep. I was thinking in my head:"please answer", and she did. She talked to the taxi driver and we met in front of Tulip Hotel, located in part of Cairo's downtown. I spent the night in the Hotel, and in the morning i decided to try to e-mail Bishoy or call him. I asked a couple of Egyptian guys where I could find an internet cafe, and they responded in Arabic. When i told them , "I am sorry, I don't speak Arabic." They responded in English,"but you look 100% Egyptian." Their names are Muhammad and Ali. They took me to an Internet cafe, and we had breakfast. I tried calling Caprill, but she didn't answer. I checked my e-mail 3 times, nothing. So i spent most of my day with Muhammed and Ali. We had Egyptian food for lunch, amazing!. We had فلافل(felefel: made out of beans) and i can't remember the rest of the food, soon i'll learn the names. After lunch, Muhammed read the Koran, and I really appreciated his conviction and openess about being a Muslim. I had never experience this in my life. We went to an internet cafe, and I was able to contact Bishoy. Muhammed told him where we were, and we finally met. Now i am sitting next to him in the apartment where we are staying. Looking forward to experiencing more things in Egypt.
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Hey Leo - Glad you got there safely - after all that "preoccupadoing'"... Hope you have a great time and keep blogging. - Shel
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