Weeknotes #397 — Cairo

Looking out from my balcony at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Cairo, Egypt These weeknotes are over a week late. It’s been a busy time. After finishing up with work on Friday evening, I leapt straight for the ironing board to get a new set of work shirts ready for the following week. On Saturday morning, just after 6am, a taxi picked me up to take me to Heathrow for a flight to Cairo. In Egypt, the working week is Sunday to Thursday, which meant that I had a one-day weekend, which I spent travelling. Fortunately, the Wi-Fi was working on the plane and was good enough for streaming, so after paying £11.99 I managed to tune in to the whole of the Formula 1 race in Baku, which this year was helpfully being held on a Saturday. Egypt is the third country I’ve visited in Africa, after countless trips to South Africa and a family holiday in Mauritius. I’d heard stories from friends and colleagues who had visited Cairo before, but I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. As you descend into the city and…