After visiting the Nubhian family and having the welcome drinks, we all prayed in the house and proceeded to visit the Masjid/Madrasah. Ustaz dia siap bagi kita arabic lesson and taught the kids in our group how to write their names in arabic. It was fun cos the teacher was quite funny. He did teach us how to count in Nubhian language. Then we were taken by boat for lunch. Wehad rice mixed with mee hoon. I was not well, so nothing tasted good.
After a long tiring day, we headed for the train station to board the sleeping train or sleeping car as they call it, back to Cairo. I was so sick that night that the chicken they gave for dinner tasted like the buck from a tree. We arrived in Cairo at about 6 am. Lupa, before that we visited the Dam..
Sebaik sampai di Cairo, we were taken back to the hotel to check-in and freshened up. Thank God, dahlah satu malam tak dapat tidur sebab terlalu sejuk dalam train and semasa keluar masuk bilik nak ke tandas. Member kat bunk atas siap berdengkur lagi. Selepas balik ke hotel, kita keluar lagi, this time to visit Masjid Imam Al Shafie ( and some houses seen on the way out );
Then we visited the Citadel of Salah Al- Din ( Masjid dan Istana Salahuddin Ayubi ); it was very, very cold in the mosque that morning and as for the palace, we were not allowed to take any photos but I managed to take one in front of the palace ( there are 365 rooms in the palace we were told, to house the 11 wives and the mistresses, WOW! )...
and seterusnya ke Masjid Al Azhar to pray( nak visit the university tapi tak sempat, sebab shopping lebih penting to the Malaysian tourists ) before attacking the Bazaar Al Khaleeli ( untuk shopping of course ). As I was sick, so minimum shopping was done cos I can't wait to get back to the warmth of the hotel room.
After getting some sleep, it was time to leave Egypt. That morning we had our last buffet breakfast and headed for an early lunch cos we had to check-out of the hotel early to go to the airport. We had a photo stop along the road of the Egypt Tower ( I think ) and Sharif ( our Egyptian tour leader ) must be glad to finally got rid of us. Baliklah kita ke tanah air tercinta Malaysia dengan membawa seribu kenangan dari Mesir ( apart from bringing back a burned face and the Egyptian virus). Ahlan Wasahlan Misr!!
3 comments:
congrats!!! to my love "MA" sebab berjaya juga menghabiskan penulisan mengenai trip eygpt ni....
Alhamdullilah, walau pun dah rasa pening2 lalat melihat gambar berulang-kali ;-))
Alhamdulillah.
Thank you again Kak Shidah for the "virtual tour" of The Land of the Pharoahs. :)
Jangan delete the 1000 shots tu ye? Nanti kalau ada rezeki, nak tengok gak. Tapi masa tu pesara tak payahla lagi cerita play-by-play, kan.. ;)
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