Well, I finally was able to go see the pyramids! An Egyptian friend of a friend rescued me from my hotel and took me on a drive-by of the pyramids and then to the main market in Islamic Cairo to do some shopping. It was great... as you can see in the pics!

It's really unbelievable how close the...

The journey didn't start out so great... on the way to the airport, I realized that I forgot to bring any kind of scarf to cover my head. After all my worrying and asking people for advice about what to wear and what kind of scarf to bring... I didn't even pack one! Fortunately, Cairo is pretty...

Today's the day! First stop is Cairo for a week, and then I head to Yemen. In Yemen I'll travel to Sana'a (the capital), Taiz and Aden (2.5 weeks).

here in luxor, it's luxorious. despite what the guide book says (renamed the Lonely Bollocks by Bilge Pump Bob), luxor is not any more a-swarm with touts than the rest of egypt.

that title would go to dahab.

what luxor is a-swarm with is hieroglyphs of cow buttocks, giant pillars carved with...

it's not really disappointed. that would imply that things have let me down. it's more misappointed.

disappointed would be showing up for a blind date to find out the woman in question favours electric pink and has bought you tickets to a yanni concert. that's disappointed. misappointed is like...

we're just happier, that's all.

after being frustrated and exhausted for months, and frustrated and exhausted to find that we were frustrated and exhausted (instead of sipping the bubbly of life whilst lounging on the barcalounger of contentment) we are, in Cairo of all places, kicking it old...

I was just wondering if Africa is worth visiting and what parts are safe, tourist friendly, but not a tourist trap???

I was thinking egypt. Is it worth staying 2 weeks anywhere in africa???