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Saturday 6th August 2011
So this was the big off – leaving home at 4am and arriving unusually early in Cairo at 2pm! I was met by Ahmed the driver from the Lotus with their new air-conditioned car, which was very welcome, given the difference in temperature from Berlin! It was wonderful to see my old friends in the Lotus, although sad to see that there only appeared to be me and one other guest from Jordan staying at the moment. They kindly gave me the coolest room in the hotel (temperature rather than decor!) with the quiet air conditioning unit, so I had an easy arrival!
Saturday night saw the first shisha of the season with a colleague who works for the same university as me, but who is based in Cairo. I decided to save the walk up to Tahrir for Sunday!
