Cairo, Egypy day 1

We landed at 11:30 pm and went through border control and customs. The stress we put into getting our visas back to not even have them look was quite great. Anyways, our transportation man was very very very late to pick us up… he arrived at 1am and we were very sleep deprived and grumpy. We eventually arrived to our hostel around 1:30 am and checked in and then we all passed out for the night. We all slept in until about 11am and the feeling of sleeping in a bed after not being in a bed for 2 days was spectacular. We eventually all got up and went to a cafe next door and had delicious sandwiches and smoothies, we will be going back everyday. We got back to our room around 4 and gave our dirty laundry to the reception to wash… bad idea for only Jess’ clothing as it went from white to splotchy pink.

Around 630 we got transportation to our booking for the Nile river boat dinner and show. We arrived and went up to the buffet table and got lots of yummy food. We also split a bottle of Egyptian rose and it was fantastic. While eating there was a man singing and dancing, I was the first to break the silence and I joined him and gave the audience a show with my questionable dancing skills. Eventually, more people joined in for the fun and we all had fun! After, the stage transformed into a belly dancers paradise and we got to watch a beautiful woman dance and she WORKED like my girl Shakira! To end the dinner we went to the roof top and got to see the Nile from above the boat and we made new friends as well! Once 10pm hit, we were transported back to our accommodation where we played some card games and went to sleep for the night.

The idea of getting out of my comfort zone and doing things that scare me has been great! We only live once and we are all living our first lives together on this planet, life is too short to not do new things.Read more