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5/23 Day 2, Cairo

Posted by joshatplay | 30th May 2006

Alarm was set for seven, but when it went off I reset it for fifteen more minutes. When that alarm went off, again, I turned it off and just rolled back over. The next time either of us woke up it was eleven o’clock and we decided that since this was vacation, it was one of the treats. We got ready to go out and caught a cab to the train station so that we could buy our tickets for Luxor, leaving in two days. Then we headed to Islamic Cairo and Al-Hussein mosque. We got our first Egyptian meal, pizza, and made our first Egyptian friend, Nargi. We sat in his restaurant for a little while. Nargi and his nargila joined us and we watched people fill the mosque for one of the five daily prayer sessions. The mosque filled until people were left to pray outside and we were able to take in the whole ritual.
After their ceremony, we finished our lunch, took our shoes off, and went inside the mosque. Some were still chanting and others just relaxing on the rug lined floor. I did not

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April 3rd & 4th

Posted by joshatplay | 4th April 2006

April 3rd- The Whole Gang’s in Town

Once again I woke up early, sleeping just feels secondary right now because there is
so much to do and see. I moved into the living room and set up my computer and sat
down to a bowl of some of the best

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