Destination: NAIROBI. Flight lost in Cairo.

The best way to visit ‘’The Vanquisher’’

Lost our flight! People may think this is not the best thing that can happen when you begin a long

journey, but it was the perfect beginning to this story.

Our flight was delayed a few hours in Barajas Airport while seated in our seats on the plain. After the intention of catching our connection in Cairo, we realized that it would be impossible, so we just took out our 1 day visa and went to the hotel. In the airport, we had the pleasure of meeting two nice Spaniard guys: Juan & Pedro. When we arrived to the hotel, we agreed that we should make a tour to know Cairo (literally ''The Vanquisher'' or ''The Conqueror''), and I had the opportunity to put into practice my haggle skills with Ibrahim (the hotel receptionist) reducing the price of the tour.

That night, Lucas, Daniel and me, tried to go to the hotel’s disco and casino, but we found it closed, and we couldn’t get out of the hotel because Cairo was under curfew from 2am to 5am, because of the last months revolution. The next day, we started our tour at 10am. Our driver, Halem, was a really nice guy, and he explained us a lot of the history of Egypt, and took us to the Egypt Papyrus Museum, where we could see how to make a papyrus, and we bought some papyruses too. After that, we passed the Nile River , which separates the city of Cairo from Giza. In Giza, we had the opportunity to visit the pyramids and the sfinge, and learn some of its history, thanks to our guide, Mahmud.

One of the things that impressed me the most was the high amount of people (even kids) that were trying to sell souvenirs on the streets of Cairo and Giza.

Once we were finished at the pyramids, our driver invited us to smoke some shisha at a perfume shop.

Daniel and me, bought a really cheap ‘’Hugo Boss’’ fragrance that now we have to mix with alcohol. The owner explained us that he sells that fragrances to perfume factories in Europe (mostly France), where they mix it with alcohol and sell it as very high cost perfumes. The other thing that I realized is that Egyptians really know how to make business! At 3pm, we had to go back to the hotel, because our flight was at 9.30pm. We had lunch and we tried 4 different typical baklavas from Egypt. We had a short nap and at 7pm we went to the airport.

It was a great improvised visit to a new country we had never been in and we hope to return in the future.

Here are some of the words we learnt in Egypt: 
Shukran - Thank you
La Shukran - No thank you
Sahbi - Friend
Masalema - Good bye
Hal talakalam englisie - Do you speak English?

Shukran Sahbi! ¡¡Un abrazo!!