For the past two weeks, it's been hard for me to breathe in Cairo. Literally. The smog is so bad here that when combined with the hot weather and sand and other atmospheric things I don't really know about, the air quality is horrible. It's always polluted, but it's been worse this month. I wake up every morning with puffy eyes and a cough that lingers throughout the day. The pollution is so bad that sometimes you can't even see from one Giza pyramid to the other (the 3 pyramids are a short walking distance from each other and there's nothing else in between them.) It's crazy!
In spite of all of this, and the wicked heat, Cairo is also beautiful. And sometimes, when you're on the Nile, in the middle of the city, things are peaceful and quiet and breezy and calm. Everything is still and you can ponder the things you only do in stillness.
You can watch the gorgeous bright colors of the sunset in a sand and smog-filled sky and find beauty in it. I guess you could say that about the city itself. And like many others before me have said, it's a city that calls you back time and time again. I haven't left yet, but I already know I'll be back. Many, many, many more times. To catch another smoggy, sandy breathtaking sunset. Literally.
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What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that it hides a well somewhere..."
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