Day 1

10/11/10 8pm Cairo (11am PST)

So I’m exhausted. Today was full of travel but not in the way where you really got to see that much. Our flight out of JFK was a bit delayed. It was delayed in arriving and then once we finally got on the plane, there was a passenger who collapsed before take off. I had an isle seat and he passed out right in front of me but closest to my dad. My dad sort of caught him so he didn't hit the heck super hard and didn’t bump his head. It was scary. Poor guy. It delayed our take off by a good chunk of time. Took a happy sleeping pill right before take off…. I woke up with an hour left in our flight. It was brilliant. However… freezing and uncomfortable. Eh well. We arrived at 3:45 Cairo time. Looking out of the window before we landed, the building all looked like neutral, earth-toned legos. There was also a noticeable amount of sand J Picked up our Egypt VISA and got our passports stamped and we were out of there! We got picked up by our tour leader (not to be confused with tour GUIDE) and he took us to our hotel. There’s where I am right now… Ramses HILTON! Outside of our balcony is the Nile River. More noticeably, there is some serious hustle and bustle going on out there!! Had a complimentary dinner just now and exchanged some doll hairs for Egyptian pounds. It’s about 5.6 to our dollar. Tomorrow = pyramids time J Apparently the family goal is to find four fancy camels and some how manage to take a picture on them in front of the pyramids. That shouldn’t be too hard, right? Listening to some Beirut, Talia’s taking a shower… I’m afraid to use the electrical outlets for fear of destroying my computer. I have adapters but I just haven’t the CAJONES. I’m missing loved ones already. Can’t exactly pick up my cell phone and use it, at this point in time. Snicklefritz. XO