my cell phone
on one of my last days in damascus, after a long day of wandering the lanes of the old city i realized that i didn't have my phone. but i was sure i had seen it in my bag when i left the apartment in the morning. had i or hadn't i, i really couldn't remember. so i went back to the apartment and as soon as i saw that it wasn't there i remembered where i had last used it. i had been at an internet cafe in the morning and had pulled it out ... and left it at my station. now.. the trick was to remember how to get back to that internet cafe somewhere in all those winding lanes.
i found it. walked in. he opened a drawer and pulled out my phone. thank you soo much!
my computer
i left damascus last friday. i wanted to leave very early in the morning to avoid any potential problems along the way to the border with jordan. i was up at 6a.m., in a shared taxi leaving damascus by 7a.m. and at the border by 8a.m. all went well.
i spent all of friday with mohammed and his family who were hosting me in irbid. so it wasn't until saturday morning that i went deeper into my backpack and was very disappointed when i realized that i had stupidly left my computer on the shelf in ryan's apartment. i remember putting it there and thinking to myself not to forget it...i ran off to get a new sim card and then phoned her.. yes it was there. i emailed another traveler who was still in damascus to see if he could bring it with him to amman. he couldn't make contact with her, so on monday she took it to dhl and let me know that it should arrive in 2 days. but of course it was delayed getting out of damascus. then via the UAE, it arrived in amman today. i will go pick it up tomorrow, after it has cleared security.
a small day bag
this is a story i was waiting to write once i got to cairo, but i can't wait any longer.
when darrin and i set off on our tour of egypt i left a daybag behind at the hostel. it contained stuff that i really didn't need to lug around on our little trip and many other things that i wanted darrin to take back with him. we would be returning to cairo in about 2 weeks.
well ... you know what happened. there was a revolution. i didn't go back to cairo. darrin got back to cairo but because of the protesting, the guys at the hostel couldn't get the bag over to the hotel near the airport where he was staying. soon after, i went to sinai to wait things out.
at first i didn't know what to do about this bag. it would be very inconvenient to back track to cairo. should i just let it go.. did i really need anything in that bag? the guys at the hostel said not to worry, they would keep it for me until i came back. this created a new plan, a plan that i was very happy with. i had an excuse to go back to cairo after i was done with the rest of the region.
i have kept in touch with Dia and Adel by phone and email, giving them updates on my trip and checking to see how they are. as i am getting closer to the end of this journey, i sent them an email today to let them know i will be back in cairo in about 3 weeks. less than an hour later i got this reply
hello B.
we hope that you are in safe as you choose the most unrest country to visit (seryia )
but i think in Jordan is much better
we are interesting to hear from you until you arrive safely to Cairo
also we would like to inform you that your bag is in the Store bags of the hostel and its safe and we don't have any problem to keep it like that even for year more so don't worry about it
we are looking forward to see you soon
adel
this gave me a big smile. i really haven't been worried. i can't imagine too many other places where you could leave your bag (almost 4 months), no charge, and trust that it is safe.
so if anybody is looking for a good clean friendly hostel in the centre of cairo, then the Travelers House Hostel is the only one I would recommend.
i am looking forward to getting back to cairo
on one of my last days in damascus, after a long day of wandering the lanes of the old city i realized that i didn't have my phone. but i was sure i had seen it in my bag when i left the apartment in the morning. had i or hadn't i, i really couldn't remember. so i went back to the apartment and as soon as i saw that it wasn't there i remembered where i had last used it. i had been at an internet cafe in the morning and had pulled it out ... and left it at my station. now.. the trick was to remember how to get back to that internet cafe somewhere in all those winding lanes.
i found it. walked in. he opened a drawer and pulled out my phone. thank you soo much!
my computer
i left damascus last friday. i wanted to leave very early in the morning to avoid any potential problems along the way to the border with jordan. i was up at 6a.m., in a shared taxi leaving damascus by 7a.m. and at the border by 8a.m. all went well.
i spent all of friday with mohammed and his family who were hosting me in irbid. so it wasn't until saturday morning that i went deeper into my backpack and was very disappointed when i realized that i had stupidly left my computer on the shelf in ryan's apartment. i remember putting it there and thinking to myself not to forget it...i ran off to get a new sim card and then phoned her.. yes it was there. i emailed another traveler who was still in damascus to see if he could bring it with him to amman. he couldn't make contact with her, so on monday she took it to dhl and let me know that it should arrive in 2 days. but of course it was delayed getting out of damascus. then via the UAE, it arrived in amman today. i will go pick it up tomorrow, after it has cleared security.
a small day bag
this is a story i was waiting to write once i got to cairo, but i can't wait any longer.
when darrin and i set off on our tour of egypt i left a daybag behind at the hostel. it contained stuff that i really didn't need to lug around on our little trip and many other things that i wanted darrin to take back with him. we would be returning to cairo in about 2 weeks.
well ... you know what happened. there was a revolution. i didn't go back to cairo. darrin got back to cairo but because of the protesting, the guys at the hostel couldn't get the bag over to the hotel near the airport where he was staying. soon after, i went to sinai to wait things out.
at first i didn't know what to do about this bag. it would be very inconvenient to back track to cairo. should i just let it go.. did i really need anything in that bag? the guys at the hostel said not to worry, they would keep it for me until i came back. this created a new plan, a plan that i was very happy with. i had an excuse to go back to cairo after i was done with the rest of the region.
i have kept in touch with Dia and Adel by phone and email, giving them updates on my trip and checking to see how they are. as i am getting closer to the end of this journey, i sent them an email today to let them know i will be back in cairo in about 3 weeks. less than an hour later i got this reply
hello B.
we hope that you are in safe as you choose the most unrest country to visit (seryia )
but i think in Jordan is much better
we are interesting to hear from you until you arrive safely to Cairo
also we would like to inform you that your bag is in the Store bags of the hostel and its safe and we don't have any problem to keep it like that even for year more so don't worry about it
we are looking forward to see you soon
adel
this gave me a big smile. i really haven't been worried. i can't imagine too many other places where you could leave your bag (almost 4 months), no charge, and trust that it is safe.
so if anybody is looking for a good clean friendly hostel in the centre of cairo, then the Travelers House Hostel is the only one I would recommend.
i am looking forward to getting back to cairo
1 comment:
Cannot help but love your luggage stories, as it reminds me of your email, in which you asked me to dig through a bag you left at MSF and get some very specific things out of there. You knew exactly what was in there.
Happy and safe travels Brenda!
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