I left Karachi in the early hours of the 27th heading for Abu Dabhi, and then onward to Cairo, with Ethihad airlines. Everything went to plan and I not only arrived safely in Cairo, but obtained my visa and met the driver that Thomas had arranged for me outside the airport.
The drive from Cairo to Alexandria took three hours but as I had been up all night I spent teh journey sleeping on and off. The driving hereis just as bad as in Karachi, but far faster, which makes it more scary!!
It's been great to spend time with Thomas and the rest of the family and we have spent the last two days being tourists around Alex. This includes lots of cab rides which are an hair raisng exploit (yes I know not that difficult when you have as little hair as me), the worse one being the one Thomas and Ihave just got out of which only just avoided hitting another car!! We ended up side on to the flow of traffic, it was fairly scary!
Thomas has neither internet nor a reliable cable service in the flat and so I have only received sketchy reports of the situation Karachi since the assasination of Benazir. The message I have had tell be its calm, but tense. Please pray for the whole country that in the midst of this tradgedy, people will remain calm.
We are off to El Alamain tomorrow and have tickets for a Strauss concert on New Year's Eve. Then up to Cairo on Tuesday, where the rest of the Trews will head of to the UK and Thomas and I will go to the Red Sea for a few days break.
So may I wish you a Happy New Year and pray for a peaceful one especially in Pakistan.
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