CAIRO

Egypt so far is an expensive comedy of errors. I left my camera battery charger at the hotel in Bangkok and it's hard to describe the frustration of trying to explain the predicament to either of the Bangkok or Cairo hotels where inevitably I end up with someone whose english doesn't effectively extend to the distances needed to help me and each 4 minute call costs 60 EGP (10 USD) regardless of productivity. Oy! On a brighter note... Today was filled with the architectural interest of Cairo - pyramids, sphynx, coptic churches, the Citadel, historic mosques. Egypt has a permanent, timeless quality to it that is hard to fathom.