Lots to tell.

3 countries in two days leaves a person sleep deprived!  We flew out of Jordan at 6am Friday, landed in Cairo and met our guide for the day, Ahmed. He was fantastic!  Not one of those "talk too much and hover around" types. Personally I think this is because he snuck off to smoke his hand rolled cigarettes quite often, but he was great!  We saw the pyramids, the famed Egypt antiquities museum, had tea (mint, of course) in El Fishawy, the oldest coffee shop in Cairo and wandered through mosques and bazaars.  Pictures below, of course.

Everywhere we went Egyptians were overwhelmingly welcoming. Ahmed said tourism is down 95% recently. VISIT EGYPT!  We never felt unsafe and we walked all over downtown, the Islamic neighborhoods and more. Sure, they have a big military presence but that's OK. Seriously, visit. 

In Jordan, the officers at the checkpoints on their roads shook our hands as we rolled through in our rented Kia, asking where we were from and declaring that we are always welcome in their country. I have never met more welcoming people than the middle easterners we came across. Such warm people. Don't let the media scare you away. 

We arrived in Nairobi after a short red eye flight from Cairo at 345am. After being questioned about our health, countries visited and temperature scanned (Ebola screening), and then escorted to an airport bank for USD (another story), we met James who drove us to our hotel and we crashed. Later we visited a giraffe sanctuary, and I used the gym at our hotel to crank out a few miles. Safari starts TOMORROW!!

Sorry for that long blog but we've been off the radar for awhile. Now for the pictures!

In Cairo:

No explanation needed 

Again, none needed

Having tea

Crowded streets of the bazaar 

Now in Kenya:

Giraffe kisses for Tom

Giraffe kisses for Melissa with tiny warthog legs in the background 

And speaking of warthogs, we learned today that warthogs are killed by predators because they have such a short memory that they forget they are being chased WHILE they are being chased, and they stop running. Seriously?!