It’s hard to see the whole house wake up so early in the morning. However, that was what happened last Wednesday (16th June 2010). Wasn’t really a surprise as some of us didn’t sleep at all that night (probably too excited about the trip to Alexandria). After fajr prayer, we (me, Shah, Sob, Ali, Omar, Himma and Hassan) got ready, bathed, perfumed, dressed up and went to Syabrawi as we were to meet Fiq, Shamil, B and Zarul there. While waiting for all four of them, we had breakfast (makrunah) first at Abu Hajar stall. Shamil and B arrived just as we were about to finish our breakfast. Shamil, B, Ali and Hassan took a cab and went to Ramses Station first to buy the tickets, Fiq was still getting ready and Zarul had to wait for him while the rest of us waited for a bus which arrived a few minutes later. When we arrived at Ramses, the tickets were already bought and not long after that Zarul and Fiq arrived too.
So, off we went. There’s not so much to say about what happened in the train as I slept most of the three hours throughout the journey. It was still early when we arrived (around 730-800 a.m.). Shamil went to buy the tickets for the return trip first before we all walked. We didn’t really know where to go as it was too early to go to the beach. Yet we still took a tramco to the beach but just to have a walk along it. After a not-so-interesting ‘walk’, we decided to go to Di Stefano Mall as some of us still haven’t had breakfast yet and to get some cool air inside the mall.
Di Stefano Mall
Around 11a.m., we went to Bibliotheca Alexandria. It was big and sort of unique. We had to buy tickets to enter the building though. There were plenty of books there (of course there were, it’s a library). We weren’t really there to read or do some research, obviously, we just walked inside the library without any purpose. The funny thing is every time I look at a book I thought I was interested in, I just get bored reading it. When it was time for zuhur prayer, we went to a mosque near the library.
Bibliotheca Alexandria
After zuhur, we went to the beach for our ‘main event’. We went to the Montazah Beach. The beach had many entrances which we had to pay to get in. We walked along the beach, well actually on the sideways off the beach, to decide which entrance we should take. We picked one, got in and got changed. The spot wasn’t so good though but we didn’t want some bunch of stupid Egyptians barbarians to spoil our mood. It took only a while for us to get into the water. It’s been a long while since the last time I went into the sea. The water was salty, what else do you expect from seawater, yet it still took the hot weather out of me. It was exciting and fun not just the water but to spend times with your friends. We made sand castle together, ‘buried’ Ali, ‘mermaided’ Shamil and played sand ball (to let out the frustration of not being able to play snowball). We stopped and took a shower around 7 p.m. and waited for the sunset though only Himma had the chance to watch it till the end. The rest of us were too busy ‘posing’, packing things and getting dressed. Still to see the sun from the beach was beautiful. We took a tramco to Di Stefano Mall for maghrib prayer and dinner.
After dinner, we took a cab to Sidi Gaber Station. Our train was at 10.15 p.m. Again, I slept most of the three hours throughout the journey. We arrived at Ramses Station around two in the morning. We took a tramco to Syabrawi but me, Shah, Sob, Ali, Omar, Himma and Hassan stopped halfway as it was closer to our house. Alexandria wasn’t really so good but how often do you get to go to the sea let alone with your friends? Kind of reminds me of Langkawi. At least it’s better than just sitting home doing nothing.
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