Something You Should Know About Egypt...

It's not fog.

The past few days have been really bad in terms of pollution. For example, my apartment is on the 11th floor, and when I can barely see the building across the street, it is not a good sign. I remember back in my freshman year at Ithaca, a friend said that if she couldn't see the Towers (which you can see from all over the city), she wouldn't go to class. If she lived in Cairo, she would never go to class.

Now I have been in my fair share of large polluted cities, but nothing, NOTHING I have seen compares to Cairo. Of course I can't find it right now, but there was a link on the HuffPo the other day about the worst polluted cities in the world. Cairo was sixth. Living here is like smoking a pack a day, and everyone smokes here too!

That being said, I have a consistent phlegmy cough. I cannot wait to return home and be coughing up crap for months. And, partly because of the amount of Shisha I consume, but mostly because of the pollution, I am positive that my lung capacity has been significantly reduced.