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We're still in Cairo.
That should be enough to say it all, but it really isn't. Yes, the bikes arrived in Cairo last Thursday. Yes, we went through customs at the airport on Monday, and then on Tuesday. Yes, we took the motorcycles out of the EgyptAir Cargo compound on Tuesday afternoon. But no, we could not ride them yet. The bikes are currently sitting at Car Customs, awaiting Egyptian number plates and permission for us to ride them in Egypt. Yes, the timing is getting tight again for the ferry in Aswan. We will see. I'm refraining from typing any predictions for when we'll be on our way, since none of them have come true so far.
Yes, we're frustrated. No, we don't plan to return to Egypt. Ever.
Okay, enough of that. Later on I will post a more complete description of the process we're going through to get our bikes imported to Egypt, and I'll link to it here. It will be a riveting read, I promise you. ;-) On to the photos.
First, a few more from my party in Germany. We have a traditional birthday cake in my family, and my mom worked really hard to make sure I had one for my birthday celebrations in Germany. There were a few obstacles to overcome though...
And now some photos from diving in Dahab, on the Sinai Peninsula. Jason is an experienced diver (he's done his rescue diving course, for those of you who know what that is), so he did a series of fun dives. I'd never managed to get certified, so I did an Open Water Diver course. It was just me and the instructor, so we managed it in three days without any trouble.
Jason and I got to do two dives together though... one night dive on Saturday evening, then we rented an underwater camera for a fun dive on Sunday morning at a place called "the Islands"...
Parting shot...
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