Okay, so here we are in Egypt, baby!
I’d been warned, I dunno, approximately a million times from Tik Tok and the internet at large to be careful as a solo female traveler. And never EVER accept a ride from a stranger at the airport.
So, I booked a ride with my hotel before I got to the airport.
And I was STEADFAST that I would wait for them (even though it took over an hour from when they were supposed to pick me up). And there were, oh, I dunno, a BILLION people who asked to give me a ride.
The hotel charged $20 [US] for an airport ride, which to me was a total steal, as I don’t know that I’ve ever taken a cab from a major city to a destination for under $20.
But I later learned that rides from the airport to Giza are only supposed to cost like $5. So, already I’m not doing great in Egypt. But like just wait, because it’s gonna get wilder throughout the trip.
So anyway, I got in the car with my hotel people. And I was pretty hungry after all that travel. So, I was like “hey, uh, any chance y’all are hungry? Like… would you perhaps have a fast food place where we might be able to stop”
And they were like “it doesn’t really matter if WE’RE hungry… are YOU hungry?
And then when I got to this tiny little hole-in-the-wall hotel, they opened the kitchen just to make me food and I ate on the rooftop overlooking the pyramids.
Then it was bedtime, and we’ll get back into more Egypt tomorrow!