The Museum was quite nice although I had some issues right away. I didn’t notice the no camera sign at the entrance and started to snap pictures right away as soon as I walked in the door. A lady called me out as soon as I got the camera out of my bag and told me I had to go back to security to have them hold onto it. Yeah Right! Like I am going to give my Cannon to some sleazy museum guards to “watch” for me while I enjoy the museum. I knew I would probably never see it again if I did that, so after she watched me leave the building ditched off to the side where I was able to fasten the camera string to my jeans button and let the Cannon hang free in my crotch region. I had to walk a little different after that but security never found it when they check me again going back into the museum!
After the museum we stopped at a gas station for some water and snacks. Lindsey got some delicious looking ice cream and red bull. I just got chips. We also found a wonderful little juice stand selling juice for 2EP a glass! We had three. Mango juice and some sweet dark colored juice which was something we saw a lot of local people drinking but I didn’t really care for it all that much. The fresh mango is difficult to compete with.
The Turgoman bus station is attached to a mall which took us a while to find but were glad when we finally did. Unluckily for us, the sun had just gone down by the time we had arrived so all the employees were eating. We had to wait quite a while for someone to come and help us with a bus ticket. The best part was watching a cat on the escalator trying to walk down the stairs going up. He had no idea why he wasn’t moving. Eventually we did end up getting bus tickets for the next day to Marsa Matruh.
After the mall we were feeling a little guilty about the other couch surfers that we had canceled on the night before and decided to call up Khalid (the guy who was supposed to pick us up from the airport) to see if he wanted to meet up for dinner. We called via Skype from the hostel and agreed to meet him at the Hardees near the Sadat Metro station.
He was late but he did end up showing. We were only going to give him 30 min past when he said he was going to show and then we were going to bolt. Amazingly enough he showed up 25 min late. We ended up going to a nice restaurant with him. We were a little disappointed that things cost so much it was delicious food. We got to try pigeon and Koushari for the first time. Both were very good. Khalid told us about his aspirations to travel to the U.S. someday and how difficult it was for him to obtain an American visa. He was an engineer just like us. But unlike us, he had a job. He was actually an amazing person and we were extremely happy to have met up with him. It was unfortunate that he got our arrival dates mixed up but we were happy to have met him. Hopefully we’ll get to see him in the Sates someday.
Khalid gave us a ride to our hostel after eating and then headed off to bed to get ready for trip to Siwa and hopefully a much more fulfilling and joyful experience than the occasion we had in Giza.
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