Last night after dinner a few of us took advantage of the karaoke singer in the hotel lounge area and did some dancing. We were joined by some Japanese tourists who video taped it all.
Today was another warm and sunny day. We left Alexandria pretty early and enjoyed one last look at the Mediterranean on our way out of town. We took the same highway back to Cairo.
We had a couple of stops in Cairo - first at a cotton store selling all kinds of items made of fine Egyptian cotton. Afterwards we had lunch at a Chinese restaurant along the Nile.
Finally we went to the Khalili Khan bazaar, a huge market that sold just about any kind of trinket one might want to buy. It has been around for about 300 years, starting out as place for traders from Egypt and surrounding countries and eventually evolving into a market. It was our final opportunity to bargain and spend the last of our Egyptian pounds.
It was sad to say good-bye to Mohamed, our guide. He took very good care of us, taught us a lot about Egypt and really made our tour enjoyable with his kindness and good sense of humor. He didn't let the tour end though without quizzing us to see if we remembered what he taught us. There was A LOT to take in, but we did pretty well.
Our hotel in Cairo is close to the pyramids and we arrived just as the sun was starting to set, so our last look at them was very picturesque.
We won't get much sleep tonight as we need to be at the airport in the middle of the night to catch our 5:00 am flight. We are hoping all goes smoothly with all of our flights.
I won't post again until later this week when I should be able to add some pictures. I have been unable to download them here. I will also include some information the group asked me to post.
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