Greetings from Cairo!!

I am here, safe and sound. Sadly the same cannot be said for one of my bags. I anxiously await its arrival and hope to see it very soon...

Cairo is huge and bustling and amazing.  The driving is unlike anything I have ever experienced before.  There are very few traffic signals and the ones that do exist seem to be more for decoration than anything else.  The drivers weave in and out of traffic, often ignoring the lanes, they honk all the time, sometimes to say "get out of the way" and sometimes it seems just to say "hi".  The drive from the airport was harrowing but I am pretty used to the traffic by now (at least when I am in a car).  Crossing the street is an adventure unto itself.  Pedestrians have the opposite of right of way.  There are no crosswalks and so crossing the street means running when there are the least cars, sometimes stopping in the middle of the street to let a car speed past.  Somewhat unbelievably, I have yet to see an accident.  Another fun road fact is the double parking that occurs here. I think it is technically illegal but very common. The courteous thing to do is to leave the car and neutral with the parking break unlocked so the person you are blocking can simply push your car out of the way when you want to leave.

Other than traffic adventures I have been meeting tons of new people generally trying to stay coolish and healthy.