...that you read a post, I will be posting from Israel.
I don't know how I feel about that. Very mixed, to say the least.
One thing is for sure; I appreciate the respect guys have for girls in Arab culture wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more than the apathy guys have for girls in American culture.
Having a hard time with culture shock, still.
Saw some cool ruins, including Sakkarta.
This place is insane. It's like...no, it's not like anything I could really say. Miles and miles and miles of heiroglyphics carved into stones. The Avenue of the Sphynxes, the Temple of Karnak (one of the ancient wonders of the world), the Tomb of Tut-Ank-Ahman...it's insane. Everything was painted, and we can see traces of the original color - we're talking over 4,000 years ago. Insane!!!!!!!!
I still don't like Americans very much. "Oooh, I took a picture with 4 Arabs!" as if they were one of the sites we were seeing. It makes me want to vomit.
Other than that, life has been pretty good.
She tried to sell us a pack of 20+ postcards for less than 20 cents. I didn't buy it because I didn't have change less than 50 Egyptian Pounds, or about $8. The other Americans were almost in tears seeing the beggars here. This is not a new sight for me; there were many in Jordan.
Would you give money to them?
When I write a book someday, this will be on the jacket sleeve somewhere. It's just such a stereotypical picture of an Arab. To us, this is picturesque. This is the Middle East.
But it's not the Middle East. Everybody doesn't look like this. This photo will help sell my book, but the reality is that this guy was so completely abnormal to my experience in Irbid, that even after having become somewhat acclimatized to this part of the world, I wanted to take a shot of him.
I am having a hard time dealing with the other Americans. They are just such idiots. They're good people, but it's frustrating how little they understand about this part of the world.
Is Saddam Hussein responsible for the death of 2 million people?
Egypt is totally completely absolutely incredibly different. It's a different world. I can't even tell you how....WEIRD this place is. More on what I did later, first I want to sleep.
