There's nothing like eatin' bread puddin' 3km down the road from the Pyramids of Giza. . Never in my life would I imagined that that would happen to me. . Yes, my hotel in Cairo has a nightly buffet, which is great when you've burned off a week's worth of calories in three days worth of walking. . It's not even all that overpriced either. The waiter was stunned when I told him I wanted the 1.5L bottle of water for 2 bucks as well.
Now, to my arrival in Egypt -- I had to pay for my little visa which was an easy process. Go to a bank counter, then pay them 15 bucks and they give you a little thing for the passport people to stick on the passport. When I went through that line, some guy came out of nowhere asking me all this crap about my trip to Egypt. Basically homeboy was wanting to sell me on a bunch of over priced tour stuff for my time here. So I gave in. . . . . just so I could get a ride to my hotel. . . . He was super insulted that I didn't want to pay 2x what I should be paying and he offered me the airport transfer free . . . at least that part was only 25 bucks (almost as much as my 4star hotel cost me).
Now to Omar. . . and the crazy driving here in Egypt. Omar was the guy who was driving me to the hotel -- I hope Omar survives through the week. It seems Omar may have lung cancer, though he had to stop and pick up some cancer sticks on the way to the hotel. Omar also introduced me to the Egyptian way of driving -- kind of like NASCAR -- two lanes doesn't mean two cars, heck, it means three cars. Yeah, quite a roller coaster of a ride. . . I think it took almost two hours to go 35 km or so to the hotel. . . When we arrived Omar didn't even pull in to the hotel, he dropped me at the other side of the street. . . As I am getting out of the car, he yells "TIP"!!! I had read up on this beforehand, so I gave him five Egyptian Pounds, which is about a dollar. . . He wasn't too excited about that and said "too small, too small". . So I said, "ok, I give you no tip". Well, Omar took the five coins and slowly opened the trunk. I got my stuff out and darted through traffic to get into my hotel.
I was escorted to my beautiful room, where supposedly I can see the Pyramids of Giza in the morning time. For 30 bucks this is a super nice room as well. The room service is fairly cheap, but I wanted to oink a little and so I "towered" the buffet.
Almost midnight here in Cairo, so I am off.
Now, to my arrival in Egypt -- I had to pay for my little visa which was an easy process. Go to a bank counter, then pay them 15 bucks and they give you a little thing for the passport people to stick on the passport. When I went through that line, some guy came out of nowhere asking me all this crap about my trip to Egypt. Basically homeboy was wanting to sell me on a bunch of over priced tour stuff for my time here. So I gave in. . . . . just so I could get a ride to my hotel. . . . He was super insulted that I didn't want to pay 2x what I should be paying and he offered me the airport transfer free . . . at least that part was only 25 bucks (almost as much as my 4star hotel cost me).
Now to Omar. . . and the crazy driving here in Egypt. Omar was the guy who was driving me to the hotel -- I hope Omar survives through the week. It seems Omar may have lung cancer, though he had to stop and pick up some cancer sticks on the way to the hotel. Omar also introduced me to the Egyptian way of driving -- kind of like NASCAR -- two lanes doesn't mean two cars, heck, it means three cars. Yeah, quite a roller coaster of a ride. . . I think it took almost two hours to go 35 km or so to the hotel. . . When we arrived Omar didn't even pull in to the hotel, he dropped me at the other side of the street. . . As I am getting out of the car, he yells "TIP"!!! I had read up on this beforehand, so I gave him five Egyptian Pounds, which is about a dollar. . . He wasn't too excited about that and said "too small, too small". . So I said, "ok, I give you no tip". Well, Omar took the five coins and slowly opened the trunk. I got my stuff out and darted through traffic to get into my hotel.
I was escorted to my beautiful room, where supposedly I can see the Pyramids of Giza in the morning time. For 30 bucks this is a super nice room as well. The room service is fairly cheap, but I wanted to oink a little and so I "towered" the buffet.
Almost midnight here in Cairo, so I am off.
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