Boating, Twirling, and Riding

The night after Khan El- Khalili many of the people I have been hanging out with went on the AUC organized event "Iftar on the Nile." This was pretty fun. There was a beautiful sunset on the nile, delicious food, a whirling dervish, and music by Amr Diab. After dinner, we went back up to the top of the boat to see the lights of cairo. The boat was lit up with strings of lights that reminded me of That boat scene from Charade.

Sunset on the Nile

Whirling Dervish

We went to class the next day and I finally have my ID and a student visa in the works. I have been learning some useful colloquial words that I can't wait to bust out. Also, I finally got stamps today! This has been quite a struggle trying to go to the post office. Later that night, my friends Joe, Ryne and I went horseback riding by the pyramids at night. This was the coolest thing we have done so far! Especially considering how the last time i went horseback riding it was in rural wisconsin. We rode through a small village and a graveyard up to a  big sand dune behind the pyramids, which were lit up by the pyramid sound and light show.  There was a light breeze and it was pretty quiet and mostly all I could hear was drifting sounds of muttered arabic and the jingling of my horse's harness.

It was pretty magical!