Arrival in Cairo

Well, I finally arrived in Cairo and made it to where I am staying, the Lialy Hostel. I had a 6 hour layover in Paris so I had time to plan out how the trip would work in an ideal world. Seems like I am trying to pack in alot over the about 2 weeks that I am staying in Egypt & Jordan.

I have to try and line up hotel reservations a couple days in advance because I am not sure of how exactly I am travelling from destination to destination. So I have to be relatively agile with this.

Well, just having a room in Cairo and having made it from Calgary to here is a good start. The driver asked me if I was scared but the traffic was actually better than in Tehran. Well, I have 2 nights booked here and am planning to try and get a night train to Aswan on the night of the 26th. Sort of plan to see Luxor/Valley of Kings after that, then head East and North to make it up to Aqaba and into Petra to see Jordan. After that I plan to return to Egypt by visiting Mt. Sinai/St. Katherines then to Cairo to get to Paris.

Tomorrow's goals are to get the multi entry visa so I can get back into Egypt after I go to Jordan and also book my night train to Aswan. Sight seeing the Pyramids of Giza and the Egyptian Museum are up after those administrative details are done.