"It's a fine start, wheeling along with my shadow in pursuit, the desert air as clear and intoxicating as gin, everything reminding me of why I ride: to be outside. The bicycle amplifies life, making good times better." - Jim Malusa, Into Thick Air, p. 50
Also - how hectic Cairo traffic is:
"Because Mohamed's horn was frequently in use, he reserved the headlights as a sort of second horn for running red lights. At first this was deeply alarming. But nobody in Cairo expected anybody to stop at a signal, a muual understanding shared by the farting buses, and the silent Mercedes, the blue-smoke motorbikes and the diesel tractors. Like blood cells jostling to fill a capillary, this honking, headlight-blinking mass of steel, rubber, and flesh pushed into the clot of downtown Cairo." p. 63
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