We took a flight, Christmas day, from Dubai that stopped over in Kuwait. While there we changed out AED (Arab Emirate Dirham) for Kuwaiti Dinar. The guy gave us back too much so we returned to give it back and he was so, so grateful. It feels extra good to do the right thing as a foreigner and be a good rep for your country.
They have smoking rooms in their airport!
Getting in line for the plane was crazy... there's 2 lines with no distinguishing signs, and they go into one single line with a screening device that the dude doesn't even look at. Then we're hurried into a bus that waits to be full to drive us to the plane. Walking down the isle is a sea of eyeballs staring at me... very few women on the plane, and no other honkies like us. We find our seats, but there's a dude there and he won't move, so a flight attendant seats us in back of plane. The attendants are overly generous and nice. The give us free headphones, serve us food first, and give us more than seconds and offer us even more!
Off that flight, we are told to get our visas, and wait 20 minutes for the visa guy to show up. While waiting, we meet a nice guy, Veer, who called himself a Third Culture Kid, because he was born in Kuwait, to Indian parents, and now lives in Canada. After we get our visas, we are escorted out by "tourist police" who help us get a cab. It was 1:30am, and the cabbie still knocked on doors and asked for directions from people along the way. Here is Wren getting shafted 5 pounds for our ride in this old subaru-style rig.
But we make it to our sweet hostel, and it's great there. The clerk, Amr, is playful and funny. We like him and the general easy feel of the place.
Merry Christmas from Luxor, Egypt!
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