So much has happened since my last post

Snorkeled in the Red Sea in Dehab - amazing

Had a couple of hysterical moments in the market - shopping with my friend Shareen, attempting to buy a lamp from a cartoony Egyptian man with terrible English who tried to sell me a bulb in a box with a string of uncut wire. Shareen yelled at him so he went in the back and tried to fix the bulb onto the wire. We thought he was going to electricute himself.
Then I went jewelry shopping with Niyar, our awesome tour guide. That was fun. He would take me to a shop, I would look around, then point to what I wanted and he would take it to the store owner and yell about the price in Arabic for about 5 minutes, then calmly look at me and say, in broken English, "You need the necklace? It is __ pounds for you." Like I said, it was fun.

Now I am in Alexandria (after several loooong bus rides). It's a very European city, but still Egyptian to the core. Women are very conservative here, and men hit on me left and right because I have no head covering, it's awkward.

Today I ate fish that still had it's head attached (it didn't wear a sweater, it didn't play drums...)
Then I went to Starbucks!

Overall, I'm still having a great time here in Egypt :)
Sadly, my Internet time is ticking
till next time

- Lauren of Arabia