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Stopover on My Way to Alexandria – Open-Air Complex in the Middle of the Desert 

Before reaching Alexandria, we stopped at an open-air mall or complex-like place for a coffee break. The complex was huge and I saw lots of restaurants and a variety of stores, including McDonald’s.

After getting off the bus, I tried to find a washroom first, so I could spend the remaining time looking for coffee and taking some videos.

The line at the washroom facility was bearable. By this time, I got used to the fact that whenever you go to a washroom in Egypt, you have to pay. It can run from a couple of Egyptian Pounds (LE) to 5 LEs. The amount itself is not a lot (1 LE is like 9 cents Canadian), but it’s an annoyance to remember to have change because I am not used to it.

I was looking for a coffee shop and came across some I didn’t like. Then I found a coffee chain store called The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. I knew it would be expensive, but didn’t expect a cup of coffee to be 40 LE ($3.35 Cad).

The shopping complex had many other stores and food shops. I didn’t have enough time to have a full breakfast and finished my coffee fast. I saw that some of my other tour mates checked the coffee and tea prices at the Coffee Bean shop, but moved to find something else.

Our time was up and I was heading to the bus. We were only one to one and a half hours away from Alexandria. I will talk about my first impressions of Alexandria and the sights we would visit.