Cairo - Final Day

Final Day in Cairo

We decided to take the day off and enjoy our final day in Cairo. I slept in, downloaded some pictures and then went for a walk around town. We had one goal today. For the past 3 days Kai has stated that he wants to try KFC! That’s right the German wants to try Kentucky Fried Chicken! They do not have KFC in Germany and that have hundreds here in Cairo. So we had KFC for lunch and it did taste exactly as it does in Canada. After the meal Kai understood why I said I can only eat it once in a year. We walked around for the next hour trying to burn off the fat and grease we just ate.

So I had forgotten to mention something about my last day in Tanzania. I had forgotten to mention that on the road trip back from the Safari to the hotel in Moshi I had seen about 3 dead people. There was a car accident that we came upon just as the police loaded the bodies in the back of a pickup. That right there was no ambulance in site. I figure that 2-3 people died in that accident. The car looked like a small aircraft crash as it was in the middle of a field and completely crunched up. It reminded us of how vulnerable we were in Africa as there are no seat belts, no real traffic laws, no ambulances and no trauma hospitals. About 30min later we were driving through another town and on the side of the road there was a crowd and sure enough another body with a police officer looking over the crowd. The man was probably about 50-60years old and was laying there dead in the road. I only bring this up because as we were walking today there was a commotion near one of the bridges which involved the police, ambulance and some people. They were searching the water, the Nile, for a body. We stopped for a while to watch the police divers arrive. We decided to move on.

Life is precious….enjoy it!

Tomorrow I am heading back to Sudan for a night in Khartoum. The following day I will be flying back to my team site. I only have a short time remaining in this mission. I hope that I can accomplish a few more things before I depart my team site on the 6th of April.

I won’t be writing for about a week unless something tremendous happens….like someone actually covering my position in Kurmuk and keeping all of the files, I manage, up to date….LOL as if! This is the UN!

Cheers!

Mike…..PS as of today it is approximately 1 month until I fly home!!

See You Soon.