The mighty Nile

Oh boy, It's been a while since I blogged, but this one is definitely worth it. I cam to Egypt with the friends I always travel with. Nisha, Jessica, and Keith.

I am in Cairo right now and it is awesome. At first I was kind of scared to come here and everyone told me not to come to Egypt right now, I am really glad I  came though. I haven't felt in danger at all and most people have been really nice (minus shopkeepers- but that is kind of expected wherever you go as a tourist.We got a tour group to help us get here and now we are in egypt on our own. One of the tour drivers was kind of offended when we asking if it safe for us to be there. Being here just reaffirms the opinion I had before coming to the Middle East. I think if you are smart and know where not to go, you will be fine no matter where you go. It is funny, I get more UPENN safety alerts (emails we get when there is criminal activitiy near my college campus) than I have had in the middle east- and in Egypt I have had none. People here are really genuine and nice. I have really enjoyed it. Plus, all the negative media coverage scares all the tourists away, so at most tourist places there are really few tourists (except russians, for some reason tons of them come here on vacation all of the time).

One of my friends set us up to meet up with one of her really good friends. He showed us around one night and we took a tour of the Nile. When we asked him about safety etc. he said that crazy sh*z happens everywhere, but life goes on and normal people live and are fine. Kind of like the same thing as living in Philadelphia.

The Pyramids, Nile, Mosques, and People have been so nice. There is so much history and it is beautiful. Not to mention everything is super cheap here. Falafel is the quivalent to 15 cents. Amazing.
We are staying at this really cool hostel called Dina's.It costs like the equivalent of 7 dollars a night. I can't name many other places in the world where you can travel so cheaply. Dina's also tell us everything to do and we have really enjoyed it- they figure out cabs and rides to everywhere we want to go. They have even told us cool places to go that most people don't go to. I am sad to leave.

I'l l write more later about specific things we have done. But this have been amazing. One of my favorite trips of my life.