So we met this guy whose name I never caught at the first place we tried, which had drinks but no food. He said he'd tell us where a few restaurants are and point them out to us, he ended up walking with us and even sitting with us at one. Turns out he's a professor, PhD and all, a curator at the Egyptian Museum specifically in animal mummies. He mostly talked to Denny, but I picked up a bit of it – he's Nubian, from further south, getting married soon. Very cool, very helpful, turned down money from Denny, Denny finally argued him into paying for his coffee. Unfortunately the restaurant we were at was really a restaurant, not a snack place, so quick food didn't mean quick. However, I had some absolutely delicious fried calamari, and considered it worth the lost time at the museum to meet this guy. After that we headed back to the museum, Becky and I shopped a bit, I got a few gifts out of the way, spent a little more time in the museum upstairs and then had to head back to the hotel.

From there it was time for a river cruise and dinner on the Nile. The boats were... interesting. Small, smoky engine at first, but nice and comfortable nonetheless. We went up a ways, seeing the city, some cool architecture, the other boat had music and the guy running it was sort of goofy, clapping and all. Their engine eventually cut out, though our boat didn't realize it right away and wasn't sure what was going on as they tied on to another boat. Eventually we got the two boats tied together, had a tasty dinner of some noodle/onion dice and a pepsi. There was music, and people dancing, including with a couple guys from the hotel who seemed to be having a great time. I made a joke to David about them faking it for the tourists or actually enjoying it, adding that I couldn't ever trust what I see anymore. He agreed with me that they probably were really having fun. So there was ridiculous dancing, we got back, thanked them, hung out a bit, and then Denny wanted to take a group to this historic Windsor Hotel.

It was a bit of a walk, but we got to see a lot of the town. Very few people hassled us, none really. Saw a lot of cool shops, including this one famous pastry shop. After a meandering pleasant walk, we finally got there. Classy joint, nice seats and tables, my chair was made out of a barrel. We hung out there, talked a lot, varying topics ranging from Koh Tao to wind and solar power. Great waiter, very helpful, nice guy. Good night.

Tuesday, March 2nd, roughly 12:30-1:15 AM local time