Although our traveller is already on his way home, the words he sent us last Wednesday convey so much emotion that they are worth sharing.
Submitted by: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 18:53
Subject: RE: Everything is going very well in Egypt
[…] The story continues…
Today we arrived in Luxor after a road journey of more than 500 kilometres through desert, oases and villages… Even people in the smallest places know every detail of recent events in Cairo that echoed around the world. They are happy. The Bedouins are happy, knowing in their simplicity and humility that things can improve. The young conscripts at checkpoints and road crossings are happy too, knowing their country is changing for the better […]
Along today’s route, not a single other tourist car.[…] For us visiting the country, a fantastic, truly magical and enchanting landscape… A desert changing from one stretch to the next, offering unique views.
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I watched footage of the demonstrations on Mudy’s laptop. It gave me goosebumps: people of every age, background and status were there. I recognised everyone I had met at the agency: the manager, the coordinator, Mudy himself… Incredible. They told me Arabs and Christians united as never before. While the Arabs prayed, Christians stood in front and behind to protect them. Through the early hours, they took turns. When the uprising ended, they organised a clean-up of Tahrir Square, the surrounding area and central Cairo, collecting the rubbish accumulated during so many days when crowds had practically lived there.
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Compared with other countries I have visited recently […], this one seems less “policed”, more open and more peaceful than any of the others in normal times!
Health and travel! To travel is to live; the rest is merely existing 🙂
Lluis
Trip comments: Egypt. The country of the Nile