Further proof that they shouldn't let me try to get around this country by myself:
Today I was picked up as usual by the scheduled cab service I have been using all
semester. It was a driver I had not seen before, but that's not unusual. After crossing
Tahrir Square, I suspected we might have a problem when he asked if he should take
the Corniche. I said yes, but then he seemed not to know which way to turn, and to
avoid going to Alexandria, I said "left" emphatically in my mangled Arabic. Unfortunately,
the turns and ramps are such that we turned too soon and ended up going across the
river to Giza. This was not good, and I indicated he should figure out how to get to
Maadi. After drifting further away, and getting a short tour of the pyramids, he
asked directions and found a nice taxi driver who escorted us to a bridge that took
us back over the river and I was able to direct him home.
