the first thing i ate in greece was a greek salad. fresh veggies and cheese are so overlooked in africa and it kills me. i had another one today.. equally as delicious.
we had a very rushed goodbye to devyn the other day as eric and i tried to catch a really tight connection to cairo. we made it with a whopping 5 minutes to spare, and settled into our flight through khartoum one more time. kenya airway again had delicious food and has been my favourite airline so far (quick sales pitch for them)...
in cairo, we decided to go all out with tourism. we rented the camels (theyre huge, not especially comfortable and make me sneeze) and climbed on the pyramids and into some tombs. it was very cool to be able to check that off my list of things to do in life.
that same night, we jumped on the tourist boat up the nile. saying it was weird is one of the understatements of the year. it was complete with a huge buffet, strange belly dancers, asian tourist busses and no beer in sight. ramadan strikes again. to be fair, the night finished with this crazy guy who spun for like half an hour non-stop with a massive skirt on.. its hard to explain...
the next day we went to alexandria which is up there iwth favourite cities. it looks a lot like miami but less obnoxious.. just a huge beach along the coast with cafes, sheesha and a lot of walking. way less touristy than cairo a well, which was really nice after an intense day.
were now in europe on crete and some other islands for the next few days iwth carolyn. its certainly a change of pace and im going through the usual i miss africa bout. on the plus side, im back there in just over two weeks for another few months (oh yeah.. im staying out here until christmas) so, its not so bad.
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