Walk like an Egyptian...or ride, if you will

We had a 10 hour layover in Cairo, and we really didn't want to stay in the airport the whole time, so we took our chances with the crazy driving and went to see the pyramids in Giza. I was a bit skeptical about leaving the airport with all the happenings of late, but Tyler thought it was safe enough so out we went! The second we began to leave the airport, we had drivers all over us trying to get us to use them. It was only the beginning of a long day of "No's", "No thank you's", "No, merci's", and any other number of rejecting phrases. The Egyptians are VERY pushy, and it was exhausting. Anyway, we ended up taking a taxi and our driver was very nice but spoke very little English. The pyramids were very cool, but I must say the discovery channel makes them seem a lot cooler, and the sphinx was especially anti-climatic, but the face that we saw them in real life was still sweet.

I think learning about the history and how they built them is what really makes them cool. We also took the chance to ride some camels. Tyler's camel was named "Moses" and mine was "Mickey Mouse."

Awesome! After about an hour and a half, Tyler and I were both hot, sweaty, and tired of fighting off the people trying to take our money so we got back in the taxi and snoozed for part of the drive home.

We waited a couple more hours in the airport before boarding the plane to Entebbe Airport. We got in at about 3:30am and to the apartment by around 5am. A bed never felt so good after two nights of sleeping on airplanes! The last couple days in Kampala have seemed much longer, and we already feel like we've been here for a week. We are very excited for our coming adventures as our research projects get going.