no no camels... cleopatra!

they are not stingy with their smokes here. in fact they will offer one every five minutes and it is not polite to refuse.

side note: cigarettes here are 3 egyptian pounds. that's roughly $0.55.

most popular brands: cleopatra and marlboro.

yesterday, i went to the pyramids by camel.

and then the taxi broke down. there was some yelling between my cab driver and the police. then i was driven by another man to the dahshur pyramid and left there.

an hour later, i started walking down the only road in sight in the middle of a desert like area.

then my cabbie found me and all was well.

he felt bad and bought me peaches and two big bottles of water.

more later. i am melting and covered in bug bites.