Arrived in Cairo

We arrived in Cairo as a rather sleepy group, but got through customs with only minor hassle over our survey equipment. Moving on to our hotel, we discovered that Jane and Melinda's room had a broken air conditioner, while Antonio was sitting pretty in a cool room all to himself.

The evening was spent wandering around downtown Cairo, jet-lagged and doe-eyed, in search of an old favorite restaurant, which we could not find. Eventually, we settled on Pizza Hut and took our pizzas back to Antonio's cooled room.

Jane and Melinda discovered that a shower without sufficient hot water isn't so bad when you don't have a/c, but ended up spending an uncomfortable night, sleeping only a few hours from a combination of the time difference, heat, and traffic noise. However, upon getting to the ARCE offices in the morning, we were happy to discover that the rest of our second day ran remarkably smoothly, with our permissions for work at El Amra now in-hand.

All-in-all, we are very pleased with our progress in Cairo so far and expect to depart for Abydos on Friday.