Madīnat al Marwah

I was way out of it, my body’s too weak, dehydrated with a sore throat and cough, feverish too. Really one of the other rockbottom days I had in this trip, I had to go out and get the usual food from that restaurant that had awesome huge servings for cheap but opened pretty late. The guy there already started calling me habibi as I was already there for the third time. I dedicated this whole day to just rest and recuperate, taking all my medicine at the right time and drinking a lot of water. Showering and just resting on the bed, already wet with my sweat from the hot summer nights and my fever. A difficult day, and I was also very lonely. Alone and sick in a foreign country, I had my doubts and also had to start planning my next steps, I was jumping from either Hurghada or continuing onto Aswan, I had hosts who were ready to take me. The Egyptian couchsurfing community was tight-knit and everyone pretty much knew each other and had their own group chat. I ended up cancelling Aswan as I already lost a few days just being sick in Cairo. Also backed out of Hurghada scuba diving with Luka. I decided to go for Luxor and Alexandria instead.Read more