Our Guide Maha says that the pyramids and the tombs aren’t the only ancient monuments in Egypt, The Trolleys of Alexandria are one of the country’s historical as well. Dating back to 1860, the trolley system of Alexandria is the only working streetcar in Egypt and the oldest working line in all of Africa.
We have stepped into heaven. The air is warm and clear; the roads are orderly and clean. Our driver hasn’t honked his horn once. He even used his signal when switching lanes! What is this civilized planet we have stepped into? We have arrived in Sri Lanka on a one-month tourist visa.
Whenever we mentioned to someone that we were taking the bus, we would always get the same reply…”you are brave” or “wow, that is crazy” or “Oh, poor you” We got ourselves so worked up before leaving that I actually had a few butterflies in my stomach in the rickshaw on the way to the station. I don’t know why I was worried. We have ridden some of the worst buses in the world during our past travels.
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