बुस्सिंग to Egypt

Whew! We've made it alive to our hotel room in the heart of Cairo. We got on board this huge old bus this morning with about 30 working class men in Nuweiba and headed inland. The first shocking thing was the complete lack of ANYTHING between Nuweiba and Cairo. Just dusty hills, rocks, and police stopping points. There are no green things at all and no people to go with them. Next, the men on the bus were so loud, shouting to each other across the seats practically the entire 7 hour ride. The driver turned the music on really loud and the guys got up and danced for a couple of hours. It was cute at first, and I got it on film and will post it later, but enough is enough. The bus was always full of cigarette smoke too. We stopped one time for 20 minutes, but the rest of the time we were high speeding through the desert. This driver turned a 9 hour ride into a 7 hour. Coming into Cairo was insane. We were zipping around traffic like we were a little sports car. Don't know how we didn't kill anyone. After the bus, we rode in an ancient little Fiat taxi, no seat belts of course... life flashing before my eyes. But we're here now in our Hotel. Up 3 very high flights of stairs to our gigantic room. The ceiling height makes me think of those old movies from the 30's and 40's, Probablly a good 20 to 30 feet! We have real beds. This will be the first time Bailey and I will have slept on a mattress in over a month. And we have our own bathroom!!! Tonight, Bailey, Jessica and I are going to dinner and then catch a movie (only 2 dollars). Big city living. Tomorrow, we're headed to the Egyptian museum for an intro and then the next day we're hiring a guide for the pyramids. Well, I'm writing on the run now. No time to proofread anything as there's always a line for these machines. I'm sure my posts will be a mess, but at least I'll be getting it down as it happens.
Oh, and we have a balcony all to ourselves. I'm going to go relax and watch the night come into downtown.