Day 20-21 - Sick, Ticket Cancellation, Internet (Nov 24-25 Mon and Tues)

I wasn't feeling all that well, but G and I wandered around and got lunch at a hole-in-the-wall type of place (across from Cofe Shop Diana - after Princess Diana, with old photos of her and rainbows on the awning). We found an internet cafe and spent a few hours uploading pictures and checking email, etc, before heading out.

G and I walked around on the way home and went in search of some tennis shoes. They all appeared to be fake leather, so we didn't bother. We went home and I went to sleep early, as I still wasn't feeling too healthy.

The next morning, the sickness I suspected was realized. I was sick all morning, and slept in till about noon. We packed up and had some errands to run before our flight at 10:15pm. I decided to quickly check my email, and I learned that our flight had been canceled by the company we booked through (because it was an American company, and only foreign departures/arrivals). I was in tears. Already feeling terrible health-wise, and now this. We tried calling them, but they were no help. I ended up going back to bed for a few hours and G booked two more nights at the hostel.

After a nap, I'm feeling a good bit better. I haven't been able to eat all day, though. We're now at an internet cafe, and we made reservations with Ethiopian airlines. We have to go pay them at the office in Cairo tomorrow morning, then *hopefully* will be flying out at 2:30am on the 27th (Thurs). Fingers crossed!

From what we've been told, there will be limited and SLOW internet connections in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. I'll post as often as possible, but they'll probably be much shorter (which I'm sure your eyes will be happy about ;).