Thanks to everybody who has been writing with comments and e-mails. We've read them all and love them. Please keep them coming. After a long flight from Fez, Morocco, we've made it to Cairo, Egypt and have been safe and sound for the last two days. Upon going through customs, we were approached by a travel agent from the airport who asked us if we needed help finding a hotel. Our (mostly Aaron's) natural skepticism made us think that maybe we should go it our own way, but it had been a long, sleepless flight and we wanted to get it over with. After listening to his suggestions, he offered us a hotel, with air-conditioning, for $40 per night. This wasn't much more than we were planning to spend for a lesser hotel, so we
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