Monday, January 10, 2011

Cairo. 30 million people in the middle of the desert.

Cairo!  10 million people in the middle of the desert.
What can I say but "It's Insane!". 

The most notable update detail of life in chaos: The roads on which we will soon be riding.

Everyone drives on the highways from BMW's to donkey carts and everything in between.
Lanes on the road are merely a suggestion.  If the car fits between one and the other, go for it!  The same goes for pedestrians.  Don't walk, run!!  You see a small gap in traffic, get in there!  If you need to turn left, you know, across 3 lanes of traffic, simply start ramming the bumper of your car across one lane at a time and in a minute or so you will have succesfully mashed yourself across the road. Trafic lights for a city of 10 million?  No that would be too crazy.

For now I should go.  Someone has just come over to tell me the hotel just lost all of our bookings. From what I have experienced so far, this is all too clasic for how things will be for the next 4 months.  Welcome to Cairo!!

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