Jaz Royale Postcard #1 – Heathrow to Cairo

We left home at just after 8:30 this morning in the pouring rain and it proceeded to precipitate for most of the journey to Heathrow’s terminal 2.
Our transit through the airport was fairly swift which gave us ample time to get some lunch and have a wander.
Unfortunately our carrier today, EgyptAir have a no alcohol policy so there wasn’t the option to do a spot of imbibing during the flight, at least it was only around 5 hours and not a true long haul. I was very impressed with the in flight meal, one of the best I’ve had and Nicole’s vegan meal was also well received.
The only negative about the flight was an unhappy toddler 2 rows forward who having missed his afternoon nap proceeded to cry for what seemed like an eternity at the time. When he eventually settled you could hear the cabin breathe a huge sigh of relief.
By the time we reached Cairo it was gone 8:45 PM and the sun had set and we landed in darkness. After what has to be the longest taxi to the terminal in the world we joined the masses in the immigration hall. Not before picking up our visa from the bank kiosk enroute. Quite a strange system as we were met by the Discover Egypt rep before both. Still he was very helpful and guided us to where we needed to be and pointed me in the direction of Etisalat kiosk while Nicole waited at the luggage carousel.
It was over an hour’s drive to then get to the boat. By the time all the formalities were done and we had unpacked it was 10 minutes short of midnight.Breakfast is served at 7:00 with a rendezvous time of 8:00 for our first tour. We have not had time to explore the boat yet and will be out all day tomorrow.
Time for some shut eye!!