Mike and I have many reasons for leaving Cairo. First of all, we miss our families and friends. We are far away from you guys, and given the eroding dollar and the nearby wars, not many of you have wanted to visit. Then, there is the issue of job satisfaction, but I won’t go into that again. Finally, there are many quality of life issues that make this city difficult. One of those is the traffic. I found some YouTube videos that will give you an idea of the challenges of getting around this city.
#1 Typical traffic
#2 How to cross a street
#3 The interviews are funny, because the questions don’t get answered.
Walk Like an Egyptian
4 responses so far ↓
1 Ali // May 24, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Omg, it’s like Frogger!
What is your count down to departure?
2 Michal // Jun 1, 2008 at 5:51 am
HAHA Ali that is hilarious. Not too many plans swim lessons gymnastics stuff like that. Michal will go to CA at the end of July for 2 weeks. That’s it.
3 Vanessa // Jun 1, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Thanks for delicious post. I say this as a former Cairo pedestrian. I remember a conversation with my father on visit home (to Alex) during school break. Complaining about local pedestrian behavior, he described a typical encounter from the driver’s point of view. I countered with philosophy and best practices of being a pedestrian in Egypt (jaywalk, never cross a street a straight line - always on diagonal, never look at cars or let them know you see them coming because then their drivers would expect you to get out of their way). My father pulled a mock mournful face and, turning to my mother, said “I could run over an Egyptian pedestrian who turned out to be my own daughter.”
4 Tamra // Aug 17, 2008 at 6:54 am
Here is an update from the L.A. Times.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/08/egypt-1.html
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