. . . and what a ride it was. I spent the morning chewing out a guy in Cairo who works with a travel agency at my hotel, because I thought their service was poor to say the least. I never get angry at people to begin with, so I was kind of shocked at myself.. . . then again, I had hardly eaten much during a 24 hour span when I gave the guy a piece of my mind as well.
Now to the bus ride. I took a 4:30 pm bus ride from Cairo to Sharm El Sheikh. For 16 bucks, I sat on a nice air conditioned bus for about seven hours. I got a bottle of water and even a box full of snacks.
The interesting part was having to stop at all the check points along the way. Since the end of the revolution in April, there has been tougher security all around the country. At least we didn't have to stop at all of the check points though. The driver slowed down, the soldiers raised their hand up and we went on our way. Two times we did have to stop for a few minutes though. One man came on the bus and checked everyone's IDs. He asked me a few questions, and then proceeded to check the Egyptian IDs all around me. A time before that we had to all get off the bus, take our bags off from under the bus, while some guy and his sniffin' dog checked out all of our stuff. Then we put the bags back on the bus, and left.
I did meet a nice Egyptian guy who showed me around the nightlife area of Sharm El Sheikh last night. We ate some Egyptian burgers, and then went to a bar called Monty's which is owned by Monty, a nice English fellow. Then we went to some world re-known nightclub which would have been fun for me about five years ago I think. I felt bad being around this new found friend (whose name I can't exactly spell), because apparently the women he was talking to, weren't very pleased that he was talking to them.
Since I took a nap on the bus ride it was kind of nice getting out, because I couldn't get to sleep until about 5 am, though I arrived back at my beautiful hotel room (30$ a night for 4 stars thank you!!), at 4 am. Luckily, UFC was on at that time, which was added motivation not to go to sleep.
Now to the bus ride. I took a 4:30 pm bus ride from Cairo to Sharm El Sheikh. For 16 bucks, I sat on a nice air conditioned bus for about seven hours. I got a bottle of water and even a box full of snacks.
The interesting part was having to stop at all the check points along the way. Since the end of the revolution in April, there has been tougher security all around the country. At least we didn't have to stop at all of the check points though. The driver slowed down, the soldiers raised their hand up and we went on our way. Two times we did have to stop for a few minutes though. One man came on the bus and checked everyone's IDs. He asked me a few questions, and then proceeded to check the Egyptian IDs all around me. A time before that we had to all get off the bus, take our bags off from under the bus, while some guy and his sniffin' dog checked out all of our stuff. Then we put the bags back on the bus, and left.
I did meet a nice Egyptian guy who showed me around the nightlife area of Sharm El Sheikh last night. We ate some Egyptian burgers, and then went to a bar called Monty's which is owned by Monty, a nice English fellow. Then we went to some world re-known nightclub which would have been fun for me about five years ago I think. I felt bad being around this new found friend (whose name I can't exactly spell), because apparently the women he was talking to, weren't very pleased that he was talking to them.
Since I took a nap on the bus ride it was kind of nice getting out, because I couldn't get to sleep until about 5 am, though I arrived back at my beautiful hotel room (30$ a night for 4 stars thank you!!), at 4 am. Luckily, UFC was on at that time, which was added motivation not to go to sleep.
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