It’s only 4.5 hours from London to Cairo. Deplaning and getting through immigration and customs was an adventure. Not only were we dealing with different norms for standing in line (you had Americans and Brits on one orderly extreme, the Chinese on the far opposite end, and the Egyptians somewhere in the middle), but the […]

Hooray for layovers! I’m distracting her from jet lag by plying her with curried chicken and questions about the job change.

It’s 10pm. I have just shut down my work computer and I leave for the airport in 12 hours. Time to start packing! (P.S. Is now the right time to wonder whether all my shots from traveling in Asia and South America will cover me on a cruise up the Nile?)