Cairo

The last couple of days have been a pretty crazy, we left Istanbul on a late flight to Cairo. We had a good security scare at the airport in Istanbul, I had bought a knife at the Grand Bazaar, and put it in my backpack. So going through security they pick up on it and pulled me over. Security searched my bag and found the knife....really no big deal, I'll just have to put it in my checked luggage. But when he pulled the knife out and took the handle apart, we got a real scare. He pulled out a little brown brick of something....my heart stopped and Ian was about the run! He pulled me aside, and questioned me, asked me if I knew what it was...at that point I thought Jail here I come!....Turns out is was a magnet used to weigh down the handle, but geezz was that a walk up call...always check what you buy thoroughly!

So after my heart started beating again we boarded our flight to Cairo. We arrived at 3:30am and had no idea what our next step would be, our flight wasn't until 9:30 the next evening, so we were hoping to get to the Pyramids. We were both exhausted and really just wanted to get a few hours of sleep, we were asking around the airport if there was a cheap hotel nearby, when we were approached by a man named Mr. Hussain. He offered us a deal we couldn't resist, a cheap hotel and a tour guide and driver in the morning to show us around, we accepted. As we both get into this car with 2 men at 3:30am in Cairo....We instantly regreted taking the offer, Ian and I are both realizing we have no idea where we are going and fear for our safety...after driving for 30 mins on back roads, thinking we are going to be taking to a warehouse and robbed, we arrive at our hotel! Safe and sound.

As promised we were picked up by a driver and we had a guide show us around the sites of Cairo. The Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, and the Museum of Egyptian history. Our guide took off and left us with the Driver who turned out to be way better than the guide, taking us to a great lunch spot and then for Egyptian Whiskey (tea). He shared his stories and we had a great afternoon before he dropped us back at the airport, where we got our flight to Nairobi!