April 9, 2009
At last the trip has come to an end! Hassan came to get me at 615 to take me to the airport. With no guide between us, I discovered that he actually speaks quite understandable English. So, we had a nice conversation on the way. Of course, he recommended that I come back to Egypt. He offered to drive me anywhere next time. He also said that he would learn English and I should learn Arabic because I could come back and since he wasn’t married (anymore – still has 2 kids), it wasn’t a problem, right?? ha ha ha.
It was a nice trip. Some adventures were had, stories now told. All the pictures are up on my Picasa site, so feel free to check them out.
By the way, Koshari is a carb nightmare, but delish! It consists of macaroni noodles, spaghetti noodles, rice, green pea beans, fried onions, tomato sauce and then you can add chili and garlic sauces. Mix it all together and you’ve got a lovely dish!
Thus ends my Egypt tour! I recommend anyone to go to Egypt. I hope to make another visit there someday soon to see Abu Simbel outside of Aswan in southern Egypt, the oasis to the west, Alexandria along the Mediterranean and Dahab near the Sinai peninsula. So, more to see, but it was a great start!!!
Until the next trip…
-T
I LOVE koshari! Your posts bring back so many memories of my own dream-fulfilling trip to Egypt! I think you missed out not seeing King Tut’s tomb. Just being there where Howard Carter stood so many years ago was magical…
Yeah…I think I missed quite a bit with the Valley of the Kings and not seeing the Valley of the Queens. Maybe another time. Oh, I need some koshari now!!! π