I finally made it as far as Cairo airport.  The flight from Toronto was uneventful, thankfully.

In Toronto it is nice to have free wifi.  Sure does help to pass the time, but I think the old days when people actually talked to each other was superior.

In Cairo there is no wifi, but there are large smoking rooms where people do talk, even though most of them have some sort of data plan on their phone.  It is not common for men and women, who are not related, talk.  However, I find that many of the men make an exception for me (tourist) when I start to talk to them.

I have about a five hour wait here and then my fifty minute flight to Luxor.