Two of our best friends, Heba & Nayeli, live in Cairo. Heba is from Cairo and we have visited Egypt before, so we are in very safe hands.
The one thing they told us before we travelled to Cairo was to get lots of sleep because they were planning a big night for us upon arrival.
Did that happen?
I swear that we tried! We even went to bed at 10:00 p.m. the night before our 9 a.m. flight (with a 5:15 a.m. alarm). What time did we actually fall asleep? 12:30 a.m.
Did we sleep on our flight from Delhi to Doha or from Doha to Cairo?
We didn't even try! How could we with so many movies to watch! We had booked this leg of the flight using my American Airlines miles. What did that mean? We weren't on a low cost airline! What does that mean? Movies on the plane! It's the best part of the flight. Well, that and the free alcohol that goes with it.
Heba picked us up and we went to her & Nayeli's house, which they loving call "The Cuddle Shack." We had an amazing dinner of Egyptian mezes, which consists of Egyptian bread, tahini, baba ganoush, and headed out to a party on a boat on the Nile.
It was amazing. The Nile is amazing. It was so great to see so many of the people we had met the first time we came to Cairo. We might be in Egypt, but we certainly don't feel like backpackers. It feels different this time. Not just the party and the people, but rather, more like a familiar city. We remember how the city looks, the bridge the comes before Heba's house, and even some of the streets. It might not be home, but it certainly doesn't feel foreign.
How long did we make it? We both crashed at 1:00 a.m. Cairo time (the equivalent of 4:30 a.m. in Delhi). What time did we get home? Oh, 2:30 a.m. or so.
At least we didn't have to get up at 5:30 a.m. like Nayeli did to go to work! They only hated us a lot when they got home 2 hours after we woke up.
The one thing they told us before we travelled to Cairo was to get lots of sleep because they were planning a big night for us upon arrival.
Did that happen?
I swear that we tried! We even went to bed at 10:00 p.m. the night before our 9 a.m. flight (with a 5:15 a.m. alarm). What time did we actually fall asleep? 12:30 a.m.
Did we sleep on our flight from Delhi to Doha or from Doha to Cairo?
We didn't even try! How could we with so many movies to watch! We had booked this leg of the flight using my American Airlines miles. What did that mean? We weren't on a low cost airline! What does that mean? Movies on the plane! It's the best part of the flight. Well, that and the free alcohol that goes with it.
Heba picked us up and we went to her & Nayeli's house, which they loving call "The Cuddle Shack." We had an amazing dinner of Egyptian mezes, which consists of Egyptian bread, tahini, baba ganoush, and headed out to a party on a boat on the Nile.
It was amazing. The Nile is amazing. It was so great to see so many of the people we had met the first time we came to Cairo. We might be in Egypt, but we certainly don't feel like backpackers. It feels different this time. Not just the party and the people, but rather, more like a familiar city. We remember how the city looks, the bridge the comes before Heba's house, and even some of the streets. It might not be home, but it certainly doesn't feel foreign.
How long did we make it? We both crashed at 1:00 a.m. Cairo time (the equivalent of 4:30 a.m. in Delhi). What time did we get home? Oh, 2:30 a.m. or so.
At least we didn't have to get up at 5:30 a.m. like Nayeli did to go to work! They only hated us a lot when they got home 2 hours after we woke up.
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