So the gang and I decided to go straight to Cairo right after the EXAMS (tension2...) Finished Module 1 exam at 10.30 a.m. and rushed home to pack my bag. Yes I love traveling but I hate packing clothes so yeah it was a pretty dramatic and tense scene, stuffing clothes and other stuff into my bag. I was the only one left with the "unpacked" bag so yeah haha. So the train to Cairo leaves at 2.00 pm on the dot! I mean, no joke, the train here's really punctual. It will not even wait a minute for you. Say, if you're late even for 2 minutes, you will not even get to see the train. To add to the dramatic scene, we're supposed to leave the house early at least an hour early but hehe you know, we're still in the process of learning how to travel light so just imagine this. 6 girls, running, dragging their luggage bags across the road, stopped a taxi, stuffed themselves inside. Good thing, the taxi driver was a very nice young man. Usually they will not allow 6 people inside the taxi. But he let us and he even stuffed our bags inside the trunk of the taxi. Memang tak muat, terbukak je but hey, what to do? Dah lambat hehe.
(Actually tengah panic takut tertinggal train but hey, that doesn't mean we can't snap photos now huh hehe)
So the dramatic scene continues. We only have a few minutes left before the train leaves. Rushed to the train station in Alex but still we have to find "our" train. Straight up, asked the man in front of the train, he doesn't speak English so we just showed our tickets. He said something about platforms and numbers. Because of the language barrier, we didn't quite understand what he was saying so we had mistaken our train for another. Went back to the man and he clearly showed us. The train was looong. I mean long, long. Alhamdulillah, we got to buy ourselves 1st class tickets but 1st class means that our carriage was the first carriage which was at the end from where we currently were. So we ran like there's no tomorrow to our carriage! Yeah we did. All this running after ending the exams a couple of hours before is...how should I call it? Refreshing! Haha.
From the pictures above, yes, we safely secured our places. SUCCESS!
After 3 hours, we finally arrived in Cairo! The train station's really beautiful. Mind you, just the inside though.
Yes, we've arrived. Now what? Haha. Next our mission was to find a taxi to go to Umi's friend's place, the place where we'll be staying for the night. Funny stuff. You know how taxi drivers in Cairo like to con people, well, some of them, not all. So here I was, asking whether the taxi has got a meter running and he completely BLOWS UP for some odd reason. Stomped his feet, slammed the door and droved off. I'm talking about the taxi driver. Well, better control that anger of yours Mr. Grumpy Grumps Taxi man. That anger will not get you customers. Luckily we got a taxi and finally found the place.
During our time in Cairo we went to a few places mostly for SHOPPING. I mean, come on. We're girls. Hehe. It's interesting how even though we live in the same house, the gang and I have different shopping interests. Like how Yana and Nabila like to go to the supermarket, Fatihah and Athira shop till they drop and how Umi and I were just running around the mall, trying to kill time, so most of the time you'll find us eating. Apart from that, we even went to Aktabah and Hussein (sorry I'm bad at spelling the name) Basically, it's a market way where you can shop for all kinds of stuff like souvenirs, clothes and more. Personally I like Hussein more because it's more tourist friendly but here's my advise, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take care of your belongings. There's a lot of pick pockets there. Sorry there's no picture of the place because I'm afraid that my camera will get stolen. :D
Besides shopping, we went to Cairo to settle some "Bakan" business. We went to Bakan Perak first, Bakan KL, Bakan Selangor and also Bakan Terengganu. It's nice meeting other Malaysians in Cairo. :)
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We only stayed at Umi's Friend's place for one night. The next day, we had to split, Umi and I stayed at Bakan KL while the others stayed at Perak. Then for the rest of the trip, we stayed at Arma, a Malaysian building in Cairo. It was pretty worth it, considering the fact that we only payed 3 LE per night. Plus we get to eat Malaysian food like Kueh teow goreng (you don't know how much I've been longing for this), Nasi goreng paprik, Mee Hong Kong, kuih-muih, Nasi lemak, roti canai ( well, I didn't get to eat roti canai as I was too busy settling some stuff at Bakan Selangor...nak buat camne, takde rezeki) and many more! Dapat jugak lepas rindu makan makanan Malaysia sikit hehe.
That's basically the summary of our trip. But wait this is only the cover. There's another side of the story. I'll probably post it next time. THIS IS STRICTLY MY OWN OPINION AND I DO NOT MEAN TO HURT ANYONE OR WHATSOEVER but yeah I'm glad I live in Alexandria :)
Ciao!
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