Dienstag, 29. Juni 2010

Very exciting days in Egypt!

My father invited to stay one week in Egypt. The journey there was one of my exhausting till now.
At Entebbe Airport everything was fine. In a bookstore I had a nice conservation with the manager. He moved from his home country Nepal for work to Uganda one year ago and enjoys Uganda as much as I do.
I had to change the plane in Addis Ababa. They brought me and some others to an extra room outside the main building of the airport and told us to wait for some minutes. After about half an hour two guys asked me if I know what is going on here and even we did not have our tickets to Cairo. These two guys have been very personable. One comes from Egypt, Cairo and the other one from Jordan, both working for the UN in Congo, Kinshasa. For six months they have been working there. Especially for the guy from Cairo, Abass life and work is very hard and he is happy to have some weeks with his family. He has two children, one is two years old and the other one 15 days, so it is the first time he is going to see his baby.
Finally, with two hours delay we boarded the plane. My father told me to pick me up at Cairo Airport. However, I could not find him, he could not find me, his phone was off... I had a connection flight to Hurghada, but I was not sure to take it. Finally I changed this flight for two hours later and decided to fly to Hurghada because what should I do alone in Cairo? Suddenly I found my father at the other airport. Anyhow, I decided to take the plane... I have been very exhausted, didn’t sleep the whole night and my nerves have been much stressed. As I wanted to check in, this man told me that I am too late, they have already closed the check-in. I tried to convince him that I need to take this flight and he was kindly to give me the ticket with the words “Run as fast to the gate!”. I ran!
Arrived in Hurghada, waiting for my luggage... all the people have already left and my luggage was still missing. We found out that it is still in Cairo.

However, the time in Egypt got better from hour to hour, from day to day. I have spent a lot of my father and his wife Marwa. We enjoyed the time together... Relaxing, sleeping late, watching arabic movies, swimming, staying at the beach, shopping, going out...
I extended my stay there for a few days because Papa and Marwa decided to marry and they wanted me to be with them and the other way round. Three days we have spent in Cairo at the families place of Marwa. Oh my good, this time was great. Her family is so kind and I am looking forward to meet them again!!!
Going back to Uganda made me a bit sad.

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