I was given a farewell, bid off on the 27th of August at Giza, the third largest city in Egypt before I start my way to my 74th country Sudan. I was given a small send off with attendance from Nepal Ambassador to Cairo, His Excellency Shyam Lal Tabadar and his wife along with two staffs, Mr Tirtha Aryal and Mr Prem Baral who become more than friends to me than just staffs of the Embassy.

Giza is most famous for their the Great Sphinx, a mythological creature with a human head and the body of a lion and the Great Pyramids, a creation that took ten years to complete and used plenty slaves to get it done. While more about the Sphinx creation is not known, the Pyramids is a Royal mortuary for ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and it was made with meticulous, precise fitting of large limestone stacked one atop the other creating a save home for the body of the Pharaoh and his family, including his treasures. Today it is standing proudly and it is the only manmade structures of ancient times of existence today. The Pyramid is considered to be one of the 8th wonders of the world. Despite all those tedious labour of protecting the Royals after death, the corpses are stolen and lost along with all the treasures they were buried with some 3,800 years ago.

In the next 30 minutes, I will be leaving Cairo behind and will be on my way to Sudan. I will be cycling at least 1250 kilometres to reach just the border of Sudan and a total of about 1614 kilometres to reach the capital city of Sudan, Khartoum. The journey will take me at least 15-20 days depending on the obstacles and circumstances I will face on the road. To clear all confusions of the fact that my send-off was three days earlier but I am leaving just now…I had to arrange some documentation hence I was pulled off my schedule.