Alive and well in Egypt. Will make a longer more detailed post when I return to Japan. Photos will be a while as my compy is in for repair and that will take at least until February. Sunil will have them all. Don't hold your breath, though, because the photos from last winter vacation aren't up yet. :P

The trip is quite good. The group is small, only 7 ppl, mostly girls. We're getting along quite well. Highlights thus far:
- riding a camel in the Sahara desert
- entering the pyramids
- Philae Temple in Aswan
- learning about a Nubian wedding

Cairo is a busy, busy city and the roads are dangerous to cross. The cars ignore all traffic signals and lanes. Should have expected it - it's the same in Jakarta.

Today we spend all day sailing the Nile in a felucca, which is like a sailboat, and we sleep on it tonight outside under the stars. It'll be grand.

So, alive and well thus far. Hope everyone is having a wonderful January!