unprecedented taxi ride (from June 1)

I hate it when I write posts and forget to post them. This was one I made from the Cairo Airport on June 1 right before beginning this trip, but I apparently forgot to click “publish.”

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Flying out of Cairo at 7 PM means you’re guaranteed to face terrible rush hour traffic getting to the airport.

Today’s driver was a likable young guy who agreed to take me to the airport as long as I didn’t insist on cutting straight past Tahrir through Heliopolis on the direct route. Traffic that way was horrible today. I agreed with him.

So, we went in the exact opposite direction: west to the Pyramids, then circling south along the Ring Road. In terms of miles covered it was absurdly long, but I agree with the driver that it was probably the better option today in terms of time.

The Ring Road is a death trap, however. We saw one accident where a semi carrying diesel fuel had smashed into a car. Any drivers or passengers had long since been taken away from the scene, but it didn’t look good.