Cairo Stories


Walk like an Egyptian, Part II

I just loaded the last story...and I can't believe that I forgot one of the most fun things of the day. We went camel riding, today!!! For most, it was a first time experience. For a few of us, we'd done it before. Either way, we ALL had a BALL!!! It is SO much fun to be able to ride a camel with the pyramids in the background!!! We had a nice lon...


Walk like an Egyptian

Well...finally getting some good info, good pictures, and - some good time to sit down to update all of you what's going on in our journey. First of all, let me say that your prayers are powerful! Thank you so much for your support...we can feel it! Health, thus far, seems to be good...and traveling has been as safe as traveling in Cairo can be :-)...


We're Here!!!!

Hey all! Just wanted to make a really quick log in to tell you all that we made it. Travel was long but uneventful. From the time we left the church to the time we checked into our hotel this afternoon was about 34 hours!!! We are all tired, but very excited to hit the ground running tomorrow. We will do some touring around the city tomorrow...Egyp...


First day - big success!

We arrived in Cairo last night at about 9. The shuttle to our hotel was an interesting drive, with lots of traffic, wild driving and honking horns. We came through Old Cairo and passed many beautiful mosques, then toward our hotel, noticing a huge mixture of European or western dressed women and women wearing burkas. Stores with signage in Arabic and st...