After counting down the days for the last two weeks, and royally freaking out, I made it to Cairo, finally. I hardly slept on the plane, even though it was a 15 hour flight, so I could barely keep my eyes open when I got here. As much as I wanted to see the city, all I could think about was getting into my room and crashing on my bed. I was picked up from the airport by an AUC driver, and before I feel asleep I saw that a lot of the city looks really run down. All of the buildings are the color of dust because of the wind that blows the sand in, and then it almost never rains, so the dust perma-coats the buildings. There are many apartment buildings, all with
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