Today was a long transit day, flying from Tbilisi to Cairo via Istanbul. We flew on Turkish Airlines which has really good in-flight entertainment, both 2 1/2 hour flights went by quickly. I started watching the new Naked Gun but switched half way to the final Mission Impossible. Also watched the start of the original Terminator, in which the dystopian future is in 2029! Actually all three had the same plot, the hero prevents AI from taking over the world. Well, enough digression into movie reviews, back to travel.
We last flew through IST (Istanbul airport) a few times right after it opened in 2019. Since then, they’ve monetized their floor space, removing most of the public seating and replacing it with high
end stores. It’s no longer a pleasant airport to spend a layover, four hours in our case.
After landing in Cairo right on schedule, it took us a while to get through immigration. Canadians do in fact need to buy a visa-on-arrival for 30 USD, counter to my research. It is a nice visa sticker though. Our luggage was already waiting for us on the conveyor, and there were no issues through customs.
We’re staying at Le Meridien Cairo Airport which has a walkway from the terminal. We are flying to Aswan and back, and will be using the airport four of the six days we’re in Egypt, so the airport hotel made more sense.
Turkish Airlines had a decent hot meal on both flights which covered us for lunch and dinner, so we just settled into our room for the night.
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