January 20, 2010 Sokhna , Egypt
The exchange rate $1 equals 5.42 Egyptian pounds.
A caravan of 5 buses took our excursion to City Star Mega shopping mall in Cairo to get some fresh air and exercise (approximately 7 miles). We walked a floor, and then climbed the stairs to the next floor each of the seven floors going into many stores. We went on a scavenger hunt looking for a new twister into several nail salons to no avail (they didn’t know what a twister was). There was a very large grocery store (similar to an older and small Wal-mart) on the bottom floor. No luck there either. On our way out after about 3.5 hours we found a pharmacy that had several choices. We shared a fajita and each had a virgin margarita at El Chico. The shuttle bus took over 2 hours each. We were late getting back in time for our normal meal setting, and therefore eat the buffet on deck seven.