Entry Dos

So Ive been here for over a month now and Ive seen a lot. Ive experienced a lot and I will take away so many memories from my stay here. I’ll admit Ive been pretty lazy in writing entries, and  I feel kind of bad because its something that I should have been documenting as I went along. But I will try to write down everything that I can remember.

One thing I would like to start this entry off with is the heavy neglect in this country, not only by the government, but by the people too, its just a shame. After my last entry, my parents and I had finally gone out to the center of Alexandria. I was kind of shocked at what I saw. It wasn’t the clean-cut nice city that I remembered as a kid, it was ridden with trash, stray anmials all about, and vendors on the curbs of street, so much that not even people could walk and drivers could drive. I was honestly very disappointed. After the revolution (January 25, 2011) many of the vendors took advantage of the fact that the government didn’t care to regulate the streets (as a result of the revolution), they paid no taxes, stole water and electricity from near by buildings and had no regard for the people walking or driving; anything to make a buck. But then again its not their fault, after years and years of a terrible regime that offered no jobs or benefits for poor people, its their only choice. But there was good news, on June 24 the new president of Egypt was officially decided by the Egyptian people. Mohamed Morsi is now the new president of Egypt, that day was an INCREDIBLY momentous day for Egyptian citizens. After hearing the news my family was bursting with happiness and I saw more hope in their eyes than I did when I first saw them this summer. Night came and my uncle decided to take me out to see the celebration and happiness of everyone in Alexandria. Raml Station was literally the equivalent of Cairo’s Tahrir Square, EVERYONE in sight had a flag waving and banners with the new president’s face on it. Traffic was horrible, there were horns honking everywhere, people yelling, but despite all of that, there was triumph and hope for a brighter future lingering in the air. It was absolutely exhilarating to be there and actually take place in a part of history. In the following post is my point of view of Raml Station as we drove through the ecstatic crowds…

(insert yet another clever closing remark here)