Our four days in Cairo were booked solid so I’ve been unable to post anything for the past few days. Well, that and the fact that the hotel we were in charges $30US for twenty-four hours of Internet use. Total highway robbery (IMHO). So, the hotel we are at now in Alexandria only charges $20US for one day of use. Phew, at least someone out in the world isn’t trying to rip off customers -sarcasm-. You’d think $10+ for a beer and may be $10 for Internet use would line their pockets well enough. Se la vie…I’m going to do mainly a photo recap of the last few days as I want to get out exploring Alexandria since we are going to ditch the tour today 
…
Cairo from the hotel room balcony…
The Nile from the hotel room balcony…
Shot from the tour bus on our way to view pyramids…
We will leave our ancestors a globe full of waste while the we ponder the past…
The Lonely Planet guide quotes a person saying that viewing the Sphinx is kind of like seeing your favorite Hollywood actor in person: “Wow, they’re a lot smaller than I imagined”….
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali. No boxing jokes/puns please…
More Cairo skyline from the Mosque of Ali…
Wow! You remember these things? I thought soda companies eliminated pull tabs back in the 1980s…
From the bus we passed a paddy wagon. It was at least 100 degrees outside…
A group of young Muslim women wave and smile as we pass…
Seems like every hotel we stay at is in repair…
I’ll be posting some new audio soon…
Peace!
Noah
p.s. Any Americans nervous about visiting this part of the world shouldn’t be. Sure our leaders have really fucked up our image but the majority of people you will encounter on the ground here are smarter than the angry, anti-American image our leaders want us to believe. No surprise here. Think “Matrix”…It’s an illusion to keep you in your place and to keep you from realizing that we are ALL getting screwed. Fight the power!
—————-
Now playing: Free Drinks – Sound Of The Came (Groove Salad from SomaFM [aacPlus] [SomaFM])
via FoxyTunes
I came across some useful links this morning that cover portable audio recorders, field production, head-worn microphones and a profile of a field, sound engineer. The articles are part of the B&H Email Newsletter, essentially a way for the trusty ol’ New York based professional equipment outlet to reach its customers. The obvious commercial motive aside, I found the articles insightful in that they clearly show some different professional configurations of equipment with simple explanations, pictures and price lists. Check it out:
![[Valid RSS]](http://www.hellasolutions.com/images/valid-rss-rogers.png "Validate my RSS feed")