Cairo is a city full of life. Nearly 20 million people are inhabiting this Arabian metropolis. Cars and buses share precious space with many pedestrians walking through the busy streets. There's no such thing as a cross walk let alone a cross walk street light here. Rob and I made up an acronymn to describe the street crossing in Cairo...VHS...short for Vehicular Human Shield. Don't cross the street until someone else is between you and a car/bus/motocycle. Dangerous, yeah maybe a little. Overall people are curious with American travelers. They gawk at us, but rarely give us a hard time because of our nationality. On many occassions, conversations with locals are quite entertaining and worthwhile. Rob knows a little bit of Arabic, and I only know enough to get smirks and stares...some common greetings and a
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