Cairo 1

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So my last night in Addis I got eaten alive by some bastard bed bugs….i was using my sleeping bag liner which has anti bug stuff in it but I didn’t cover my face so they bit me on my upper lip and below my lower one! Swelled up something fierce…and it itched a lot…goddamnit…oh well…looking like the elephant man never hurt anyone I suppose lol…so I arrived in Cairo around 01:30 and immediately felt the annoying touting Egypt is famous for…blurg…anyways…pushed past that to find my taxi and went to the heart of the city to meet a guy who took me through three alleys and up five flights of stairs to find my dorm bed…no idea where I am or what im doing…but…to add insult to injury some mozzies decided to have a go at my exposed hands…eaten alive….damn these bugs!!!!! So now im in cairo with no plans of anything except a small basic idea of a few places I’d like to see in Egypt. Long story short im on my own against plans and completely lost….First morning I sort of find my bearings and decide to go get a guide book so I can figure out what to do without the need of the internet. Four bookstores later I finally found a book in English and it just so happens to be the brand I despise most, Foders….damnit….oh and to top that off, it was published 2009. Fuck me. Cool waste of money so I decided to drown my sorrows and join the hordes feasting on flesh (I haven’t eaten meat in a long time). Choice number one? Mcdonald’s. Hahahahaha….there are only three countries in Africa that have maccas and Egypt is one of em. A nice McArabia treated me well and so did the big mac. Boom. Back to winning at life…lol. I plan on getting a sim card for the 3^rd time this trip (most people get them every country…that would mean this would be my 13^th, but im special and only had phone for South Africa and Uganda). Keeping the plans short as everything here is written in scribbly and I don’t speak Arabic! Small victories is what im looking for…wish me luck!

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[Ditty30]

Dirty thirty
Haha I almost feel bad for you and your bed bugs. Jk love you brother