Day 82 and 83: Alexandria and Siwa, Egypt

Day 82: Alexandria....named after Alexander the Great and was the capital during Greek rule, reminded of Mumbai the way it was laid out by the water. Alexandria is a nice looking city, I enjoyed it better than Cairo, as there are just too many people in Cairo, Alexandria is not as congested. We reached there via overnight train. We headed for a break lunch of pita bread stuffed with falafel and beans and hummus, we even had yummy garlic hot peppers, which was nice as I was dying for some spicy food. Headed to see the catcombs where the Romans and Greeks had buried their dead. It was interesting to see the tomb areas as the gods were dressed in roman clothes. It was funny people kept thinking I was Egyptian and when I told them my ethnicity was Indian, they immediate responded by saying 'with a big smile they say yes, we knowAmita Buchanan' (he is a famous Indian movie star), apparently the middle eastern people watch Hindi films. Also I found there are more similiarities to the Indian culture. They use henna on their hands, they put oil in their hair to deep condition on a weekly basis, they using the threading technique to remove hair, they use tabla's in their music, also with the gods that are animal gods. Then headed to the ampitheater that the romans built. Then headed to the famous Alexandria Library, which was quite nice as they had many unique books. That night we headed to a great seafood place and had some great shrimp, fish, and calamari. That night we topped the night off by having a nice stroll by the Mediterran sea and watch the boats floating out in the sea.