Let's Talk About Egypt

By now I'm sure most of our readers have gathered that Jenius and I are expats living outside of our native U.S. Jenius on the European continent and me somewhere in one of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries with loads of oil rents flowing in. I want to say briefly that one thing Jenius and I KNOW- in our guts- is that traveling makes us very happy and it is a cure for many of the traps we lay for ourselves. This is because the vastness of the world will humble you, if you let it. (Jenius may have other ideas as well for why this is the case).

So, I was in Cairo last week on business and fell in love with the place. It was dirty, it was crowded, cars do not stop unless they have to through collision (no traffic lights). People were invigorated over the revolution. Every Egyptian I encountered would be friendly and ask eventually, "Did you hear about Tahrir Square?" Such a proud moment it was for them to have overthrown their government. When one can feel the euphoria of a poor or middle class man/woman's triumph over a dictator with a 30-year reign, one can serious gain some perspective.

Travel also renews the longing I have for those I love. When you're too busy to remember what's important on a day-to-day basis with job, study, whatever, there is nothing like a volley over to a country where history is being made. Speaking of which, I hope to get to Iran next year.