Day 3: Cairo

May 20th - We started off the day with breakfast at the resort at around 7:00 and the resort has a buffet! I was convinced I was gonna gain like 50 pounds and I probably did but ended up sweating off all the weight anyway. I tried A TON of stuff! There was a ton of coconut desserts! What I was surprised most about the food was the lack of spices. I thought it was gonna have a ton of spices and that the meats/beans/other foods would be spicer. Maybe they are and the resort just caters to tourists? 

Anyway, the first couple of days in Cairo were spent at universities!

Here is an example of Egyptian traffic! Traffic is insane! They call is "organized chaos." Cars and vans are SO close to you and I felt like I was gonna see like 100 accidents. They drive fast and close and honk ALL THE TIME but at the same time, are seriously extremely aware of their surroundings. 

 Cairo University! I compared it to Metro.

Awesome flags!

We first listened to a speaker from the political science department in the school. She was able to give us information about both sides of politics and how she feels about feminism and Islam. I took a crap ton of notes from her, especially about the revolution. HOWEVER, I left that book in CAIRO at the Cataract Pyramids Resort somewhere. I couldn't find it so now my Beatles notebook with all my awesome notes is still chillin in Egypt...

The whole group with her in our matching ARAMFO shirts, haha.

Walking to the Library!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THIS IS THE JOY THAT IS KUSHARI. It is made with rice, pasta, lentils, fried onions, and tomato sauce AND you have the option to top it off with a HOT SAUCE. It was the most delicious thing EVER.

We visited a bakery! Delish!

We ended the day on a Nile Cruise! That's right..a NILE CRUISE. 

We spent some time on top of the boat basking in the Egyptian air at night thinking, "Oh my gosh, I'M IN EGYPT. ON THE NILE."

We had several forms of entertainment on the cruise and belly dancing was one of them. The tall skinny kid is in our group and his name is Jarret, haha. Super entertaining!

Next was Egyptian folk dancing called Tanoura dancing where they spin around for like 10-15 minutes doing all these elaborate things with their costume. Like it lights up and turns into a top and all this other fun stuff. They got skill fo sho.

Me at the hotel room. YAY I'M IN EGYPT! Also, check out the water bottle behind me - had those with us at ALL times.

Remember how I mentioned that we got these gift bags from ARAMFO and they included t-shirts that only came in large and extra large? Guess what the five foot hobbit got? EXTRA LARGE. I also learned this day that Egypt doesn't have toilet paper! The hotels had plenty...but there was NONE at the schools! That was fun to find out, haha. My expression in this picture can both describe my feelings about the XL shirt and the lack of toilet paper.