ugggghhhh my stomach

Hello all,

So I lost my camera if I didn't tell you last time and am still sad about losing the pictures to Jordan and the originals to Turkey. But what can you do? Cairo has been great though. I have caught up with old friends made lots of new ones and have had a chance to settle in for a bit a study arabic again. It is nice to have a schedule again, and cook at home and such. But for the last few days my stomach has been ginving me problems and I will either go to the doctor tomorrow or starting taking cipiro! Ahhhh Cairo you get me every time! 6 months and no problems until now, that is tough to swallow but all is well give thanks.

My flatmates are fun...two pakistani guys from Canada and a Chinese American guy...and we just took on a Syrian guy who has memorized the entire Quran and is heping us by teaching us the reules of reading properly! The neighborhood is nice, a bit out of the cnter of Cairo so traffic is AS bad but it always is bad in Cairo. I've made friends with the entire neighborhood which I always tend to do and am feeling a bit at home.

I have been contemplating the next moves of this journey...I am a bit tired of traveling but am not ready to go home yet as I really do like living in the middle east. I'll stay here for another month god willing and then decide. I might move through the east fairly quickly but there are some things happening in these parts in the summer I would like to attend so we will see.

I really am happy though...this whole process has been amazing. I am studying arabic 5 hours a day in the classroom as well as studying varied religious subjects on the side. I haven't been doing a lot of traveling within Egypt because I have been here before but I did make it to Alexandria with my friend from Seattle which was nice. Like I said...it is nice to come bace to the same bed every night after six months of moving around!

The drivers in Cairo have to be the craziest ever! I have almost been hit many a times while walking and have almost been in a few accidents in the taxis as well. I literally say prayers while I walk!!! ha ha. Well I am off for now. But will start cheking in more often.