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Cairo was crazy from the time we landed right until the time we left. People would run out into oncoming traffic and almost seem to do an elegant dance between the cars. We even saw a woman run across the highway carrying two babies on her shoulders; this was crazy to see, but the norm to the locals. The city was busy and full of people everywhere. Walking out into traffic for the first time was a rush. The cars just fly past you not slowing down at all. Walking like an Egyptian is nothing, but crossing the street like one is a useful skill when visiting Cairo. We did the typical thing and went to see Giza. It was a surreal moment riding horseback next to the pyramids, at times feel totally alone in the dessert. Then you would turn and see tons of people climbing on the pyramids and I instantly lost that mystery feel that came with being in Giza. After we saw the pyramids we jumped ship and took the 7 hour (really took 12.5 hours) to Dahab Egypt.The bus took so much longer because we kept getting stopped at check points and the police would come on the bus and check everyone’s passport and bus ticket. It isn’t the most comforting feeling in the world to get woken up by man with a gun asking for your passport at 1:00 AM. The trip was worth it though once we got there. Dahab is right on the red sea and very relaxed, and far away from the business of Cairo.

We have been in Dahab, Egypt catching up on some editing and organizing footage that we have shot. The bad internet connection mixed with my hard drive fail of the first week, has made it a challenge to find resources on the road. The hard drive was the life line to my music and sound effect libraries. Once this failed, I had to rely on the internet connection to find what we needed. But between the dogs that sleep everywhere and the bright blue water, there were no worries and we got what we needed done. Uploading to youtube here has taken about 2.5 hours for a 4 minute video, this has been the biggest issue in getting posts up.

FIELD EDITING TIP #264

Bug spray should be a close friend.

The only area of our hostel that I get an internet connection is in the main lobby, which is outside. So to upload a video to youtube I need to sit at my computer for 2.5 hours, which leaves my untanned flesh pretty vulnerable to more than willing mosquitoes. I have luckily borrowed some spray the past few nights so that I can edit at night without being attacked. It’s flies during the day and mosquitoes at night.

Keep checking back to the blog, because we make our jump over to Asia this next week!!