Travel Tuesday:Egyptian Adventure

Welcome to travel Tuesday: Egyptian adventure. In May of 2006, we took a two week trip to Cairo Egypt. At the time, it was a safe place to visit and I'm sure it will be again. People and politics need to settle first.

Getting there was a long trip. We went through Italy with Alitalia. Our layover was in Rome and there was little English assistance. We made it through a couple of lines and boarded our flight with very little tv to watch. When flying international, nearly all flights offer snacks. On Alitalia, we were offered mystery meat and pickled mystery vegetables. I gave it a try but found some foods to be too salty.

Getting through customs in Cairo was confusing. In the first line we were pointed to go to another kiosk. The best I understood was that we needed to purchase stamps to get through customs. In my header, is those very same stamps. Getting in the cab was fairly easy but driving through the city was scary. There's no lights and no way to harness the chaos. Drivers regularly honked as if to speak to each other (ie I'm coming over, get out of my way, come on over.) I could never imagine learning to drive in Cairo. Our first stop was the Hilton next to the Egyptian Museum.

Please stay tuned for weight loss Wednesday.

Adventure

How's this for adventure...
Rent a campervan in a foreign country, don't buy a map, and drive around aimlessly for a few weeks.

Yes, that's what we did in Australia May 2004. It took awhile to find a grocery store. We went where ever we thought would be good. The map was very poor and had me all turned around as the navigator. Driving on the other side of the street was scary.  The trip was an epic blast!

In retrospect, I would do another wild adventure like this. However, I would pay the extra dollars to get a good GPS or map. I don't need the stress of being lost while on holiday.

Dear Lord, I pray for Your blessings on my next trip in September and all my future adventures. Amen!

Happy Friday

The last trip to Las Vegas was a whirlwind of activity. The most memorable part was the drive through the Rockies. Its a lovely drive in the summer time, when the mountain breeze feels refreshing. In March, the drive is more akin to sliding through a blizzard. There was a massive wreck that had traffic stopped for what felt like eternity. After getting through the snow, we had no problems. It was later at night when we arrived safely, which was not my favorite. On our return drive, we met with tons of race car traffic that held us up for another hour. The worst was getting through the pass, where we had to deal with two types of drivers: too slow and too fast. There is a delicate balance between the two when driving through a snow storm and sadly most people do not understand how to have balance. The valuable lesson from this story is: buy plane tickets. Its worth the money for the peace of mind.

Do you have any interesting road trips?