FROM CAIRO with LOVE (Cycle 4 - Finale)

This gonna be the end chapter of my Cairo's book. Hope you guys like it.

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Meeting was ended earlier that day. Everyone was looking forward to have a dinner on Nile River's cruise. Me? of course!! I think almost 20 times i said thank you to my colleague in Telecom Egypt for hosting such wonderful dining. Hihi.

Lemme introduce some of my sweet friends there in Cairo;

Pic No. 1 from left: Maghda, Rodhwa, Me and Rania.
Owh mereka sangat cantik! :)

All of them are working for Submarine Cable in TE. Actually i was surprised that in TE, there are a lot of ladies into Submarine profession. I was so happy. Ade geng pompuan. Yey!! :)

The named of the Restaurant is Khulkhal. It's an arabic restaurant inside Nile Maxim that will take you cruising along Nile River. The food, Not a very horey to me since i dun really fancy arabic food but.. the experience to be on cruise.. pergh!! amazing!!.

Say hello to Nile Maxim. :)
Those are some of the delegates from South East Asia, Middle East and Western Europe.

My plate was not yet emptied but i just couldn't help myself to join some of them who had already left the table went to the balcony to witness such magnificent view of Nile River. Lampu-lampu indah berkerlipan sepanjang tebing sungai. You could also see so many more exclusive cruises along the river. Ade antara hotel yang 5 stars above tu, siap ada cruise diorang sendiri tau!! kerlass!

Posing at Maxim's balcony

I have a question here.

Selain ingin melihat kehebatan Pyramid yang sungguh luarbiasa, menikmati keindahan Sungai Nil yang menakjubkan, Egyptian food yang enak, shopping, u all rasa, why ramai pelancong suka pergi Egypt???

hehehehee... some of you guys already have the answer!! I can see u're smiling there!!! :D

WHAT I"M GONNA SHOW YOU, THEY ARE TOTALLY CLASSIFIED (eh, dah macam transformer pulak). If you're under 18, please seek your parents' permission before click to view it.

Her name is Leila. She presented to us The Belly Dance. Peewit!!

(I am so sorry. For some reason , the audio is lost in middle of the way. It could be happened when i transferred the video from .mov to .avi. Takpe, layan je la ek.)

OK. Dah boleh tutup mulut dah semua!!! :D

Kagum bukan? Malam tu kan, mesti semua atuk2, pakcik2, abang2 wished that Leila akan menjelma dalam mimpi and gelek2 lagi. Hahahaha.

Maghda told me that Egyptian girls even a little one, they could move their belly by default!! :)
I tried it out when i got back to my room but, i was more looked like a person who had just been hit by electric shock!! LOL.

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My prayer was answered when Encik Mukhtar and two other delegates from Mumbai agreed to visit the Pyramids on our last day in Cairo. Since all of us have the same flight to catch up by 6.30 pm to Dubai, we had enough time in the morning to do that. Yeeha!

There are 3 main pyramids at Giza and of course the great Sphinx yang famous itu. Meh check kat bawah ni;


Actually there are hundred of pyramids in Egypt but the main that menjadi tumpuan pelancung sedunia are the one in Giza Complex. They are Pyramid of Khufu (Father, the oldest and largest), Khafre (Son, 2nd largest) and Menkaure (Grandson).

Seriously, when people asked me what is the purpose of the Pyramids, i have no definite answer to tell even i have seen them with my own eyes. What i know is that long time ago, they kept the king (Firaun lah tu) and queen mummies in there together with the whole harta karun. But now, all the mummies have no longer in there. There are all kept in Egyptian Museum (xsempat pegi. :()

Pyramid Khufu is huge, so huge, melambangkan kekuatan raja pada ketika itu and i kept thinking how people at that time built this one of the oldest wonder in the world. It was great if i could bring myself in. Unfortunately, by the time we bought the ticket, they said we could only spend time outside the Pyramids since they're already a lot of people in there. Sigh..

Some people explained on what makes the Great Pyramid of Giza so unique? It is the only one to have a magnificent grand gallery in its ascending system. The purpose of this gallery still remains a mystery. ooo.. spooky. Disebabkan x dapat masuk, i tried to search the picture inside the Pyramid from google and found this;


It's time for more pictures. Enjoy! :)

At the Pyramid of Khufu
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Sangat huge! Tinggi macam gunung.

Ramai pelancong!! Spot me?

That's the entrance to enter the Khufu. Ade Pak Guard kat situ. But the original entrance is the one on top of it. Can you see it?

I was wondering cemanala diorang angkat batu-batu ni dulu. Sangat WOW!!

Now i'm at the back of the Khufu. It's time to visit the 2nd one, The Khafre.

At the Pyramid of Khafre
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desert

Camels

The Khafre

Few poses before we left Khafre for The Sphinx. Owh we skipped The Menkaure as our tour guide said it 's just the same as the rest. Lagipun hari dah makin panas. Alasan.

Next, we went to visit The Sphinx. What's he? The Sphinx has the body of a lion and the face of a man. It is a giant limestone sculpture in the Giza Plateau. The Sphinx was put in front of a pharoh's pyramid (The Khafre) to protect the pharoh's ka. (The ka is the spirit of the pharoh, and the body must remain intact for the ka to recognize its body). Ni kepercayaan diorang la ni.

The Sphinx
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Hidung dia dah lama tercedera. Might be due to weathering and erosin.

Sphinx the protector!!

We are in front of The Sphinx, The Menkaure (yang nampak jauh tu) and The Khafre.

Nadine, i sent this kiss on behalf of you. Teeehehehe. :)

Owh, it has come to an end. I am so thankful to Allah that i'd been given this chance to come to Egypt and experience living here even for few days only. I will keep my memory in Cairo forever. Muahs!!

xoxo,

-mommaholicSuri-

FROM CAIRO with LOVE (Cycle 2)

Salam peeps.

Ya habibi Ya Maulana :)

Well, i dun have much update after two days being here in Cairo.
I haven't got the chance to walk or jog along Nile river yet, but i heard from other delegates that it is not advisable to do that. They said it's very dusty outside.

Nile river. View from the meeting room

Nile River. View from my breakfast table.

Last night, Encik Mukhtar and i went to the nearest shopping complex (yahoo!!!) to check what we could have for dinner. And yes people, we have the most delicious International food, KFC!! Kikikiki.

Encik Mukhtar was really looking for Nasi (dia x boleh x makan nasi), while i was hoping the miracle to meet with any Chinese or Oriental restaurant here. Harapan tinggal harapan, yang ada cuma kebab, pizza, KFC, McD. :) Just to share with you, i'm not a fan of Arabian food. Kalau x, memang dah enjoy dah makan. hihi.

i x shop apa-apa yer.. serius nak suh En. Mukhtar balik hotel dulu sebab segan nak masuk keluar kedai mcm orang gila nanti. But Encik Mukhtar not allowed me to walk alone. Tapi dia x offerla pulak nak teman. maka terpaksala pendamkan hasrat murni i tu. "Toksahlah Nuurill, nanti awak hilang, susah saya nak jawab.".. Encik Mukhtar ni baik, macam ayah-ayah je. Xpe, i'm gonna get Maghda or Rania or Ola from Telecom Egypt to accompany me nanti. :)

It's true that you could feel outside there that wind's flowing with kind of tiny pieces of dust or sand maybe. After a while, i started to rub my eyes. Sakit! Hmm.. i wonder, even it 's very dusty outside there, but the Egyptian ladies' skin still superbly flawless.
Xpe, cuba tengok after a week here, kulit i jadi flawless and cerah macam diorang ke x. :D

My target today is to visit the gym. They said it's cool. X rugi achik bawak sport shoes. Yey! The gym is located at 23rd floor and the view of Nile rive is much much better up there. I'm gonna bring along my camera, fore sure. OK correction, not my camera, but my father in law's. When he heard that i'd be going to Egypt (terbayang piramid), terus dia offered camera dia sebab my camera dah ala-ala kurun zaman batu dulu. Hihi.

Meeting Day 1. Gadis bunga.

Meeting Day 2. Gadis biru

p/s: nampak sangat i sangapkan? keje amik gamba sendiri. Haih.

Yesterday, hubby told me that Oman's having 38.5 temperature. :( pity baby. I wish i was there with him. Hubby cakap he might be missing his momma. I tried to have a video call with him last night but not sure what's the reason, i couldn't get through it. Nak video chat pun x dapat because rumah my pil ade problem sket with internet connection. Urhhhh.. dugaan. Xpela, voice call pun jadila kan. Hubby told me that Oman macam tercari-cari my face dekat that phone. Owh sedih!!

What i did, i mmsed his dadda my pic's smiling (takkan nak tunjuk gambar i nangis kat Oman kan) and i received this;
"Dah tunjuk. Dia pegang gamba by sambil "K^rhGe9EUel=uXmFr" dalam process nak tido".

I know Oman would love to tell me something. I miss u too, dear. Hang on there, ok. You're strong Little man, kan?

Moga Oman cepat baik. Amin.

Alhamdulillah, while i'm writing this, i received an update from my hubby. He said Oman is getting better now. My mil's maid and sil are taking care of him. Oman dah buddy buddy dengan Cik Is (how he called my mil's maid). Siap boleh duduk atas riba lagi. Oh!!! i feel so relief. Senang hati momma, darling.

Okay. Til i write again, i wish everyone's happy and have a great day. Let's appreciate the loves among us because when you're apart and far away, you have to bear with the biggest pain in the world, which is, MISSING THEM SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Little Man.

Little and Big Man.

xoxo,
-mommaholicSuri-

FROM CAIRO with LOVE (Cycle 1)

Salam and Hi,

Sunrise. View from my room this morning.

Syukur, i have safely arrived Cairo on 6.30pm(17/10/10) local time here.
When i gave a call to my hubby hoping that Oman was still awaken, everyone has actually been sleeping in Malaysia. It's 12.30am(18/10/10). Malaysia is 6 hours ahead Cairo.

Both flights from KL to Dubai and Dubai to Cairo were good and fine. Alhamdulillah.
Here some Sneak Peek on my first travel day.

It's Dubai from the above....

Subhanallah. It's my first time tengok padang pasir di Tanah Arab

Sand Ocean

Reaching the airport. Macam lukisan kan?

I didn't snap many pictures at the Airport. I'm gonna do it next week cause i'll be transiting Dubai again during my flight back to Kl. But i always remember to snap my pic in the toilet at the airport, remember? Hahah.

Pakai heals naik plane?? Inilah akibatnya kalau luggage x susun betul-betul and kasut ni dah x muat to fit in the bag. I had to exchange it with my palm shoe sebab palm shoe kurus and muat masuk bag.Tanak buat dah. Lenguh giler kaki!!

Traffic in Cairo was super heavy during peak hour. Elok sangatlah timing dengan i sampai. But the drivers here, Gulp!! If in Malaysia, the Mats Rempits are the motorcyclist, but here, the cars, the vans, the buses, their driving skill are dangerous. Masuk simpang laju je takyah signal. Selagi boleh cilok, 3 lanes road becomes 5 lanes road, on the highway. Phew!

When i reached the hotel's lobby, everything turned out to be very positive. The warmth welcoming, the smiles, made me feel reluctant if i NOT giving them any tips. Sudahnya, i gave one of them, who helped me to show every single function in my room, USD5.00. Serious i sebenarnya cukup x mahir bab berapa nak bagi tips ni. Ok ke x tu ek?.. huhu

It's more than 12 hours journey and i was totally tired and hungered when i reach hotel room.
I ordered In-Room dining service but failed to appreciate the taste because my migrain was so strong and all i could do was only to lay under the comforter, and forced myself to sleep. But before that i was able to hide my 3.8/4 remaining pasta in the dustbin before the hotel's guy came to pick that beautiful dining table with a rose on it .
Kesian you! penat mamat tu setting baik nyer table tu untuk i. Siap ada napkin, bunga ros bagai. I terpaksa buat-buat macam i makan habis licin.

Owh! lemme show you my room which i'm going to buddy buddy with for 8 days here in Fairmont Nile City Hotel. (sebelah jer dengan Sungai Nil. Kalau sempat i gi snap snap sungai tu ek nanti)

If i were late to the meeting, salahkan katil tu!! :P

I lupa lagi bawak kompas!! *ketuk kepala*. seb baik kat sini ade petunjuk kiblah..
and tu dia toilet!! Kalau Kidd ngan Oman ada mesti boleh main Bacak Baacaaak time berendam dalam bathtub.. sebab i can see my bed from the toilet. Sobbing.

When i'm away from my 2 boyfriends, i always bring along something that i can kiss and hug before and when i sleep alone. This time, i bring this;

Teka tu siapa?
Itulah dadda Oman masa masih lagi anak kecil. But he looked like sebijik Oman sekarang.
So, this is just great. 1 picture of 2 people who is always in my heart.
Miss you guys too much!
Jangan Noti-noti esp Dadda. Ahaks!!

:)

Ok. Got to go. Meeting is to be started today and i have to make my self efficient, ready and focus. Ganti Boss kot!!!

xoxo,
-mommaholicSuri-