Well hello again from Cairo. I know you are getting bombarded with entries recently, so either sorry, or you're welcome, depending on your thoughts on that.
The day after the pyramids we took a tour of the white and black deserts near the Oasis named Baharia, about five hours West of Cairo by bus. We were met at the bus stop and escorted to a Bedouin's house for lunch, where we also got to meet our two tour-mates, a very nice brother and sister from Quebec City, Canada. I also got to practice my French with them. After lunch we hopped in a Toyota Landcruiser and started out into the desert. Our first few stops in the black desert were a little disappointing and we started to question coming on the tour at all. However, so fun off-road driving into the white desert quickly proved us wrong. Amazing chalk-white rock formations jutted out of the desert floor resembling everything from mushrooms to rabbits to giant male genitalia. We spent the night out in the desert enjoying food cooked over the open fire by our driver, and sleeping under the stars.
Tomorrow we are making one last attempt to retrieve our package from the US before heading to the airport for our flight to Istanbul. We are both excited for a slight change of pace from the Middle-East, but are nervous about the rise in prices.
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