Monthly Archives: July 2009

Photo Gallery!

Here is a photo gallery from the trip to Egypt! MobileMe Gallery – Egypt A Paris album will be coming soon.

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The Khan El Khailoi Market – THE MOVIE

This place is NUTS! People and stuff everywhere. Here is a walk through a less congested area of the 2 hour walk from end to end.

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Traffic in Cairo – The MOVIE

Here is a raw video of the traffic situation in Cairo. As you can see, it’s need for speed, meets rush hour, meets frogger.

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Back in the USofA

I got into Chicago ORD last night and got home around 8pm CST. In bed by 10pm (that’s like 5am in Paris). I am Jet Lagged! I working on getting some pictures and video up so check back in the … Continue reading

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The market

On day 3 of my trip in Egypt we went to the Khan El Khailoi in Cairo. It’s a very busy place, as is all of Cairo. There is one main street filled with mostly touristy things; scarves, fake label … Continue reading

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Some Egypt photos!

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Change in plans

So while wi-fi (or any type of internet other than the data plan on my phone) has been hard to come by, I will be posting much of my trip in later posts. I’ve been writing local entries on my … Continue reading

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Concentrated Sugar Tang

I found some Internet so here goes… In other counties, products are produced differently. But none is no different in my opinion than the orange juice. They have fresh orange juice at many resturants. But in the hotels, at the … Continue reading

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Bartering, an art or science?

We went to a market today to explore and buy some things. Almost everything in Egypt doesn’t have a set price (taxis, markets) and requires you to barter with the seller to agree on a price. It’s interesting becuase their … Continue reading

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I may not be updating for a few days

We’re moving on to Aswan this evening. We may be taking a train or a bus, it depends. In Aswan I don know the Internet situation, so it may be awhile before I can update again.

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