We arrived in Cairo, Egypt at 2am. It was 30 degrees and very humid. From the moment we got off the plane, I realised that this place was going to be very different from Canada or Europe. When we walked into the airport, we had to get a visa. You would think that this would be easy but, there were no signs anywhere. We lined up in two wrong lines before someone finally told us that we had to purchase our visa from the bank....how were we supposed to figure that out??
After getting through customs, we found our friend Dave, from Toronto, who had come to meet us at the airport. Dave's flight arrived 12 hours earlier than ours.
We got into a cab and drove to the hotel. The driving in Cairo, can at best be described as terrible. There is no regard for any lanes, nor traffice lights or signs of any kind, whatsoever. Many people actually enjoy driving in between lanes more than in them. The horn is used every minute by each and every driver. It is used instead of signalling. Since this was my first experience in a 3rd world country, I was scared for my life. Irene and Dave were laughing at me.
We then arrived at the SKETCHIEST hotel ever, the Berlin Hotel. There was supposed to be an elevator, however, it was not working and we had to climb 4 flights of stairs. The building seemed over 100 years old and that was probably also the last time it was cleaned. This is what happens why you travel on a student budget and pay 7 USD each per night. At that point, all I could do was laugh and go to bed.
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