I went to Cairo on a rugged, 1.5 day journey (including a ship ride through the Red Sea and a Bus across the Sinai Desert) and arrived to a city that was twice as crazy in Traffic as New York City, With 4 times the amount of Hustlers trying to loot you, and at least 100 times the amount of Pollution in the Air. But I made it there, not only saw the city, but achieved the know-how of Cairo by learning the Map, the transport, parts of the dialect and the culture.
But yo I am definitely beat up; While there I would leave home at 8 AM, come back in at 12 AM after seeing and doing as much as I could in one day. I had to endure cold showers in the impoverished home of the friend that I stayed with. But I made it back to Amman; clean and comfy Amman! A few bumps from falling off a horse on the Pyramids! and a few challenges to my Immune system from the Air, But I made it.
Cairo is off the hook, a great city for vacation and tourism; The Pyramids are Amazing and the feeling of riding a horse in the Great Desert around the Pyramids is Second to None....but to Live and go to School, I'm glad to be back in Amman, Jordan.
For those curious on how school is going.... Its going cool! I go to class, I keep up with whats what. I made a lotta cool friends from Turkey, Pakistan, Italy, Korea, and more. I missed a couple days for this trip, but the teachers are laid back. We don't even have any exams until the Final, at least that's what I think. They don't talk about tests. They just get up there and start dropping lines in Arabic and we gotta stay up and stay on it. Its fun tho! Fluency is no easy Task, I am definitely not fluent yet.
I have a meeting this week with the Manager at Jordan Ahli Bank, an International Bank here in Amman. I'm aiming to land a training or internship position for the next three months. The Manager was being real cool and welcoming, we'll see how it goes....
Some Pics of Cairo:
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