Blogs from Alexandria, Mediterranean, Egypt, Africa - page 5

I obtained two new roommates 3 days ago, but they are not of the human variety!! They are 2, 15 day old kittens!!! They are probably the cutest things ever... although they are also the loudest things ever as well. They were found in the street abandond by their mother, and require syringe feeding every 2 hrs. They are soooo cute when they try to eat...they actually suck on the syringe and try to get more milk, and they get angry when I take it away to draw up more milk for them. I will try to take some pictures later this evening during feeding time and upload them. I'm lucky that I am unable to take home kittens and animals back to Canada or I would be tempted haha. ... read more

So yesterday was a very sad day at our clinic! I woke up to the ringing of my mobile, with a call from the Chairperson askng me to go over to the clinic right away. We had a tiny 8 week old kitten in hospital since I arrived, she had been abandoned on our door step and was covered in ring worm. So the doctors have been treating her for the last week. She still looked as ugly as hell because she lacked most of her hair due to the ring worm but she was fisty and doing great. When I arrived to the clinic she was just laying on her side, her temperature was so cold and she could barely breath. Aparently one of the vet assistants had "force fed" her by syringe that morn'n ... read more

All I can say, DAMN ITS HOT HERE!!! I dont think I have felt heat like this everyday all day. Even though I am now on what is the mediterranean cost its still hot and I think its even more humid here! I dont think my Canadian stomach as gottan use to the heat so I would like to thank the person who discovered gravol because it has been the biggest help! Other than the heat, things are definitely interesting here! I had my first "adventure" yesterday. The lady Dina who kind of oversees the organization and its functioning drove me to Alexandria (aka alex) yesterday and on the way we stopped at one of the many road side stops that displays animals for peoples entertainment! I havent seen anything like this before. The place we ... read more

We are very excited to travel to Alexandria today. This was one of the reasons we chose this tour. We have read and heard so much about this legendary city that we can't wait to see it for ourselves. Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, Alexandria was renowned as a beacon of culture. It gained legendary status in the ancient world as the city where Cleopatra and Mark Antony's stormy relationship began, and was home to Pharos Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, as well as the Royal Library of Alexandria founded in the third century BC. Since it was once the largest library in the world, it established Egypt as the center of learning in the ancient world. Our travel time from Cairo to Alexandria took four hours through ... read more

Tomorrow we leave Egypt. On a Superjet bus that the hotel concierge tells us does not exist. No routes from Alexandria to Aquaba; No busses to Jordan. We must go back through Cairo. But it says in guidebook, we say. He looks confused; puckers his walnut face into a swarthy frown and shrugs. "I don't know. Maybe. Go to the station and ask." We insist that he tells us how much a taxi should cost and he rolls his eyes and near enough says: I don't care, find our yourself. He is the second concierge at the Nile Excelsior I've found intolerably rude and we arrived two hours ago. I do not recommend it to you. Anyway, this is my first proper entry so i'll not fill it with the negative; although if I began with ... read more