Grinding Along

So I am in fact back from Siwa, as of quite a bit ago. Siwa was pretty cool, though I'm not entirely sure it was really worth the negatives (the uncomfortable bus, the nine hour drive, the awful toilets, the mosquitoes). There were definitely positives (the desert, the beaches around Matrouh, etc) but it was hard to really enjoy them given the other difficulties. All the same, it was an alright change from the ordinary.

Unfortunately, I left my cellphone in the hotel, so I have to buy a new one. Luckily it wasn't an expensive phone (relatively speaking). I have that to do, then finally get internet soon (which is grating on my nerves). Some housekeeping things to busy myself with at a (hopefully) later date, but for the most part all is kind of calm.

In other news there are plans to go to the White Desert the last weekend in October - which means we'll be camping in the middle of the exceedingly creepy desert for Halloween. I'm pretty excited. This weekend the program may be going to a beach not too far from here, which may also be nice. It'll be interesting to see because the beach is by a town built for employees of the oil-refineries that line the Northern coast, so it's quite different from anything else you'd see in Egypt.

I'll try to have something more interesting to say next time, but for now the whole experience is sort of wearing. I like Egypt, but I feel like when I leave I'd be perfectly fine with not coming back. Nothing particular, just that the interest isn't there. Which is sort of sad, given that the point of study abroad is sort of the opposite...oh well. I'll see where things go.