http://www.casualhacker.net/blog I'm Tim and this is my blog. I just started a year-long trip around the world on 7/1/08. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:32:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Typed up at: home Posted from: Cilantros illustration_base(/album/rtw/2008/11/) Here are some more random things about Cairo. illustration(05/IMG_5646) I actually pay attention to, and appreciate the clothes the women wear here. At home I barely notice. Specifically, I really enjoy the long, fancy gowns that the slightly conservative women wear. (All the cool kids ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/11/cairo-update-2/ Typed up at: home Posted from: home illustration_base(/album/rtw/2008/11/) illustration(01/IMG_5565) It's about time that I write something more on the blog. Since my blogs are very activity/travel oriented I have slowed down quite a bit while here in Cairo because just not as much events happen every day. Mostly the events are studying ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/11/cairo-update/ illustration_base(/album/rtw/2008/) illustration(09/08/IMG_4300) Usually movies get uploaded a while after the pictures, so the few of you who try to keep up with the pictures might miss them. There's now a new convenient page that just lists all the movies of 2008. If you're looking to kill a few minutes, you ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/11/movie-time/ Typed up: at our apartment in Cairo Posted from: our apartment in Cairo illustration_base(/album/rtw/2008/10/) illustration(25/IMG_5369) It feels a little bit like on this trip I'm always complaining about how tired I am. Part of it is (of course) that we don't give ourselves any rest. We think we do, but it always ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/11/living-in-cairo-part-2/ Typed up: at link.net (previously known as "unnamed") Internet cafe in Cairo Posted from: at link.net Internet cafe in Cairo One of those American cultural things we enjoy is watching NFL football on TV. We figured Cairo is a huge city, so we'd take the opportunity to catch a game or two. ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/10/are-you-ready-for-some-football/ Typed up: at unnamed Internet Cafe in Cairo Posted from: the same place illustration_base(/album/rtw/2008/10/) illustration(10/IMG_5148) We're living in Cairo now, kind of. We don't have jobs, but we do have a 5 day a week obligation to go to Arabic class (for 2 hours). So we have a little bit of a ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/10/living-in-cairo/ Typed up: in our apartment in Cairo Posted from: nameless Internet cafe in Cairo illustration_base(/album/rtw/2008/) illustration(09/25/IMG_4866) At 11pm on September 29th we sped through busy Cairo streets with Morad at the wheel, Amany and Mimi in the navigator's seat, and Merna, Danielle and I in the back seat. We hit some traffic, ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/10/hurghada/ Typed up: in a flat in Hurghada, Kamba Net Cafe in Cairo (house music will never die), Cafe de Paris in Cairo, Internet Cafe in Cairo Posted from: Cafe de Paris in Cairo, Internet Cafe in Cairo illustration_base(/album/rtw/2008/09/) We arrived in Cairo early in the morning. We stood in the wrong line ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/10/cairo/ Typed up: at Morad's place in Cairo Posted from: Morad's place in Cairo illustration_base(/album/rtw/2008/09/) illustration(16/IMG_4589) In Nairobi we took a taxi to a hotel the book likes. Our taxi driver had to stop and get out of the car to ask for directions twice, and on top of that the car stalled ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/09/nairobi/ I interrupt the continuity of this blog to bring you an important announcement. We both kind of feel like we're done with traveling for a bit, so we're going to stay in Cairo until December 1. We rented an apartment yesterday, and got our visa extensions taken care of today. ... http://www.casualhacker.net/blog/2008/09/aside-cairo/