From Nepal to Egypt

Even this travel schedule is too much even for me. I left Nepal on Saturday afternoon, arrived in Minneapolis on Sunday morning (remember the 12 hour time difference), and took off for Egypt on Tuesday. Who knows what time zone I'm on now, but I'm wide awake, maybe from sheer excitement.

The view from the plane when landing at Cairo is surprising, but not. This is clearly the dessert. Sandy and flat, flat, flat. The roads are wide like American roads, yet I still hear the honking of horms, though not at the same level as in Kathmandu, where the roads were barely wide enough for two cars.

I am now in Hurghada, awaiting a transfer to Port Galib, where I'll board the M/V Royal Evolution for two weeks of diving in the Red Sea from Egypt to Sudan. It's warm here, though I have a five mil wetsuit, not the one mil I usually wear. It will be an effort just to get this on and off, but I've been told the underwater life is spectacular. I can't wait to get into the water! More after the liveaboard.