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Jul 27

Sorry for not updating you for the past 3 days, we have had no internet and we are very sorry for not telling you about what has been happening in our trip.

Day1

This day consisted of a ton of traveling and to tell you the truth had was one of the longest days of our lives. The flight to New York was very eventful and really brought our team together scloser than ever. we came up with a lan to name our group. We decided on te 10 plagues and for each of us we have a nickname cinsiting one of the plagues. They are really neat but i cant remember right now off the top of my head which one everyone is. All i know is myself (Alex)=young blood, Tom=m Midnight, scott= flyboy. i will hae the rest up on the next blog. The flight to cairo was a totally different story and it consisted of an 11.5 hr plane ride. IF we were not sleeping we were either watching movies or listeninf to a bunch of music. The flight into Cairo was an experience in istelf and i cant even explain the expressions on our faces. Landing was also very neat because we left the plane by stairs just like movie stars. Initially the heat was not a problem until we got our luggage and brought it to the bus where David our tour leader was waiting. Our bus ride was also very cool because the shock of being there really set in. OPur experience was encouraging because we all knew we had arrived! Cairo is such a crazy place and does not resemble Americain anyway. The lanes are not there and cars go by very crazy. We were all snapping many pictures of the sites we had seen. I probably took most pictures ever in my life. Arriving at Shepeard Hotel and checking ito our rooms was pretty easy. This hotel is stunnig because it is across the street from the nile river!!!!!! with the loud cars and boats across the street. Our view looked right into this. Dinner that night was very strange. We were all trying things we have nevr even heard of and having food stuffed into our mouths that if we knew what it was we had never put it in. I had chicken liver and didnt know till midway. Aftr dinner we had the opportunity to go and see the christian church that was right in the middle of downtown Cairo. It was such an experience because the whole team thought we were just going to see the inside but little did we know we were going to sit in on an arabic service. Wow it was really awesome and yes we had a translator! The night rocked our lives and yes we have arrive in EGYPT!