Taken from the carriage. The fee was 3 Egypt pond .

I was feeling some satisfaction as I found the underground though I was paying more 4.5 Egypt pond as comparing going forth . Because , at noon traffic was so jammed and I was in a bus more than 2 hours just for moving around 22 km . The subway would never have messed up like roads , so I assumed my return to the airport was guaranteed , and started imagining of sceneries of Athens .

But , but , but , but , but , but .. Bad !!!!

The train stopped with an announcement of the last stop though there were 2 or 3 stations further more to the port . I asked the train guard , and knew the line was temporarily closed !!!

I was nonplussed with an ineffable consternation , thought

" Wh , wh , what the shit ... , what the fuck is going on ? What kind of tourist spot is this ? Trains for the international airport are closed ? ? "

I was stranded again at unknown place ...

Short time ago , the question was how I would go back to the airport with the same fee as the forth way , but then it had changed to whether I could reach the port before the goddam dawn for the flight. I gave up saving money and talked to a cab man I found . The fare was 100 Egypt pond.

100 ! 25 times as forth way fee ! But I had no choice , too exhausted and didn't no what the fuck would come around on the way to the port if I would take a walk ... Incredulously I didn't try to bargain about the price , maybe I was so weary and lest I would not have been able to catch another taxi had I not accept the bid .

The breeze coming through the window was quite comfortable and my body in fatigue was soothed but the mind was in the storm .

" This is one of the most abhorrent days in this journey , I have missed the Pyramid due to goddam early closing at 5 P.M. and totally lost 107 extra money ! " The Nile river adorned by city lights was scenic , but I was too exasperated to intend to take photos .

As getting to the port , money was left 30 and I bought a small back as a souvenir whose colour of figures and paintings would almost fade away later .

But now when I look back the day , it could have been worse had I not save the 50 entrance fee of Pyramid thanks to the early closing . If I had paid for Pyramid , the left money was 80 when I caught the cab and I might have missed to ride those damn taxies .

Yeah journeys always include some accidents.

When I was on board for Athens , I swore I would never ever come back to the country again and I skipped the plan to go to Morocco from Algeciras 17 days later due to that I had just learnt the instability of African countries , instead I roamed around Algeciras that day.

Yet , now .... after all three years I really miss Egypt so much , the place is eventually quite fresh to me , for I have already a bit saturated with European castles .

And the city had some straight atmosphere with some naive people the developed big city lost .

Oh oh , Egypt you are one of the top on my list countries I ' d like to visit again !

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