I know I’ve been neglecting the bloggings of late. I’ve been somewhat distracted readjusting to life in Egypt and dealing with a few internet problems. I have lots of stuff to share, though, so hang in there!

I am proud to admit that I do from time to time take great pleasure in watching the videos created by the Angry Video Game Nerd, formerly known as the Angry Nintendo Nerd. His rants and slurs echo my own frustrations with video games, most notably those that capitalized on my own vulnerability to the merchandising of super heroes. That said, here’s his take on the “Spider-Man” games.

Take note that Spidey drinks Yuengling, my favorite domestic lager.

“Ah, Cairo! City of the living! A paradise on Earth!” -Sallah, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”

Here I am, kids! Having made my triumphant return to Cairo, I’m returning to the blogging. With all the travel preparations (and going away parties) it became difficult to spend enough time to build an attractive and informative post between my other responsibilities.

Apparently Delta recently made Cairo a direct flight destination, because I was able to book a flight this time from Atlanta to New York and then direct to Cairo. The only snag was having to transfer from La Guardia to JFK, however the New York Port Authority directed me to the airport express bus, which cost all of $13 to get me there in less than 45 minutes. The flight from New York to Cairo, however is torturous. While I appreciate that it’s much easier to handle a flight transfer in New York than say, Frankfurt (In German Cairo is spelled with a ‘K’), the roughly 13 hours of travel are much easier to take when broken up in segments of 8 and 5 hours. 11 hours cruising across the least interesting part of the Western Hemisphere had me ready to gouge my eyes out toward the end (it was either that or the fact that the movies started repeating in the last 3 hours). Fortunately, a nice Egyptian student by the name of Ahmed kept the conversation interesting.

Needless to say, arrival was a relief, but was immediately followed by customs (which is easy, but tedious). I passed the time by giving the two girls ahead of me in line a little advice on not getting ripped off in Egypt. Then I realized they were on some backpacking tour and would be more or less insulated from the actual travel experience. Anyway, baggage claim was made simple by the fact that waiting in line at customs gave them plenty of time to unload my stuff, and then I was free to go. Of course, my special lady was there to pick me up.

The rest of the day was a blur of video games, McDonald’s delivery, and getting reacquainted after 9 months of physical separation. Needless to say, after dinner at Sequoya and a few levels of “Lego Indiana Jones,” I was ready for bed.

So here I am again. Maggie and I are talking about hitting Coptic Cairo today, but we may just say in. There’s no telling.  More in a bit.