Some initial impressions, not as mad as Bangkok or Hanoi, but still pretty frantic. Same huge amount of decaying colonial buildings wedged between modern concrete piles, same festoon of wires everywhere. Degree of hassle seems lower too (or I’ve become hardened to it) but haven’t hit the hot-spots yet. Today I saw the Citadel (full of locals due to it being the weekend and the compound containing the military museum) and the mosque of Sultan Hassan. Also got introduced to one of the local fast foods, kushari, it’s like rice-a-roni with spicy tomato sauce, and the local beer, confusingly named Stella, but owned by Heineken.
I think I feel another exclamation mark coming on.
There's plenty of dried frog pills to go around, relax.
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Hey mate whaddup!
Like the site redesign, very clean and clear – I guess it might ease writing new stuff since the amount of whitespace / font etc means there’s less daunting space to fill. I’ve been utterly crap with my blogsite, simply haven’t bothered to write anything despite this being one of the more interesting times of my life. Partly because of the time it takes, partly inconsistent connections, mostly cos I’m out and about 24/7 and anytime I do have to myself – I’m pretty incoherent and absent of thought!
Anyhow.
Cool travels! Are you with someone else or just being the lone maverick? I’d like to see Egypt – perhaps the bordering countries too to get a feel for the area. How long are you out there?
j