A ghost town

ラマダンの始まりを祝うご飯？に招待していただき、インターコンチネンタルでおいしいバイキングをご馳走になりました。ありがとうございます！

マンゴーをもらい、食べました。完熟っていうか、腐りかけっていうか…マンゴーのおいしさはまだよくわかりません。

ラマダンが始まって、博物館やピラミッドも早くしまってしまうので、早く行動開始しないといけません。明日は、ピラミッド群を見に行って、３時までになんとか全部見終わった後、コプト教会とかの、キリスト教系の見所を見て、その後夜にアレキサンドリアに行こうかな〜なんて思ってます。夜はアレキサンドリアに泊まって、また早朝から見学して、カイロ帰ってきてから夜に光と音のショー＠ピラミッドを見たいな〜とか思ってます。ハードすぎるかな。

帽子とサングラスと日焼け止めが大活躍しそうです。

Finally, it is in Lamadan here.
People fast from sunrise to sunset, which is almost about 14 hrs!! Since it is in summer, deadly hot here, I kind a feel pitty for them. They are not allowed to drink any water as well.

As soon as the sun goes down, people rush to their home and eat with families. I went to citystars, the biggest shopping mall in Cairo at about 6 yesterday but almost all the shops were temporarily closed-----it was like a ghost town. I sat in a Starbacks, which was the only cafe which was open and studied a bit. It was actually kind a nice!! I could concentrate on reading materials in public for the first time in Egypt. I and a chinese guy were the only customers. All the people I saw seemed to be christian, women didn't wear scarves.

From today, I'm gonna start working on a new project!!

This weekend, I am planning to go to Alexandria. I was supposed to go to Aswan but I postponed it for a party tonight I was invited to. It is a muslim party to cerebrate the beginning of Lamadan.