Egypt - Days 4 & 5

Day 4

 

After going to Cairo for 2 days straight, I was extremely worn out and so were my friends, so we decided to sleep in and meet at 11 to go explore what of Alexandria we hadn't seen yet, which wasn't much.  We decided we wanted to see the Catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa.  These catacombs was a sort of cemetery situated underground on 3 different levels.  You had to walk down these spiral stairs far to get to the start of them.  The whole place is huge and you could for sure get lost trying to explore it all.. but thankfully we didn't.  While walking around you could see the slots they put the dead bodies in and there were benches throughout for the relatives of the deseased to come and hold a sort of mourning time.  Inside the catacombs were decorated with both Egyptian and Roman inspired art.. there were carvings on the walls, statues, and other sorts of decorations throughout.  It was pretty neat!

 

We took a cab to the catacombs and our driver was really nice.  As soon as I stepped out of the cab to go into the gate of the catacombs... my flip flop breaks!! I had noo clue what I was going to do because you had to walk throughout the whole place.. but thankfully our driver found a pin and ended up fixing my flip flop really well and I could walk in it again!  It was really nice of him to do and I'm glad he had a pin to fix it with because none of us had anything we could even try to use!!

 

After coming back from the catacombs.. we stopped at all the shops inside the port again since the shop owners really like us and visited for awhile, then we headed back onto the boat.  I layed out for awhile before dinner and then ate and went to an internet cafe.  The internet cafe was quite different than any I had been to.. but they had wifi which didn't work very well.. but it only cost me $1 for almost 2 hours, so I can't complain too much!

 

 

Day 5

 

Today was another relaxing, slow-paced day since we had seen everything there is to see in Alexandria and we had on-ship time today, so we couldn't really leave the city.  I only ended up leaving the boat for about 3 hours to the shops inside the port again to spend the little amount of pounds I had left.. which went pretty far.  I had 40 pounds left which is equivilent to 8 dollars and I got some cool things.

 

The rest of today I spent on the deck laying out, catching up on some homework and reading for classes tomorrow!!

 

It's weird to think we are about to have a 5-day stretch of being at sea.. we haven't had more than 2 days since we got to Spain!!  It's going to be rough with only class and not much else to do.. but the 3rd day at sea, we don't have class and there will be a shipwide auction and rumored casino night.  Also that day I think is the crew talent show which I am really looking forward to!!

 

So, these posts weren't very exciting.. but contrary to how it sounds.. I absolutely loved Egypt!!! I think this is by far the coolest port we have been to and probably my favorite one thus far as well!  There was just so much cool things to see.. the Sahara, the Pyramids, Sphinx, Nile River and soo much more!!  I really did like Egypt a lot and I'm sad to be leaving :(

 

We set sail for Morocco, our last port, in about 30 minutes.. it's so hard to believe how fast this trip has gone by!  We only have 19 days left on the boat!!! I remember when we first started and had 67 to go.. now we're down to 19.. thats crazy!

 

Hopefully something interesting will happen at sea, so I can post.. but if not you will hear from me in Morocco!!!