اخيراً : At Long Last.

So after dealing with many computer issues (don't ever believe anyone who says macs are inherently superior for video-editing) and finding an adequate internet connection--I am in a third world country after all--I can finally deliver on my video-promise:





So yeah, I hope you enjoy it. Pardon its amateurishness--there's only so much one guy w/ a shoddy camera and no tripod can do in 100 degree heat, especially while simultaneously balancing his schoolwork!

في مصر

I've arrived here at last in Egypt! I got in on the evening of August the 20th at around 7:oopm Cairo time. From where I was sitting, the final approach was auspicious: we passed overhead Giza and the Pyramids, and touched down just in time to see a crimson African sunset--I am told that the Sun's red tinge is not a product of equatorial proximity but in fact a pretty side effect of air pollution, which unfortunately can be found in abundance here.

All of my expectations have pretty much been shattered in the first few days; all save the heat.

This update comes quite belatedly, for I have already seen a great deal of Cairo and Egypt in these last 8 days. Therefore, I have decided to prepare a video with narration so as not to bore my readers.

That and more to be found in my forthcoming post.

-Ben

Abfart um 11.30 nach Frankfurt.

First post. Tomorrow will entail roughly 10 hours of flying before I reach my first destination: Deutschland.