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I started this adventure on a sunny Tuesday afternoon
in Houston. I had a brief layover in London on my way to Egypt, which
would give me the opportunity to visit Tom as well as Rob. The 10-hour
flight to London seemed short, thanks to a good book and a comfortable
British Airways 747. I arrived in Gatwick just in time… to watch the
sun come up! Fortunately I was not too tired, so after transferring
to Heathrow I gave Tom a ring and then met him in Leicester Square.
I had a bit of a problem getting there, it seems that the London Underground
is a bit bigger than the Caracas Metro line.
Once
meeting up with Tom I was treated to a whirlwind tour of London, taking
in the Queen's Guard, Big Ben, and the River Thames. Tom showed me his
pictures from his recent travels
to Asia before we lunched at an authentic Flemish restaurant. It
was at lunch that I finally realized just how tired I was. I mustered
up all the energy I had left to take the Underground back to the airport
and get on my flight to Cairo. I was asleep before the plane left the
ground and didn't wake up until it touched down!
On
to Cairo...
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London