I agree, we are definitely lucky! Every time I see stories about Syria flash across the news now I get the weirdest feeling and mix of emotions. It’s interesting to get to see things from a perspective that not many other people have!

Interesting to hear and compare, now more than 1 year after the Arab Spring, how these different conflicts are progressing. I’m afraid Bahrain still has troubles despite the government’s efforts to hide that fact and unfortunately Syria has descended into civil war. Strangely enough, I didn’t get that same feeling of tension in Egypt months after the revolution there – really a diverse set of changes going on. I think you and I were lucky to have caught a small view firsthand; I feel it ties you to a place longer after you physically leave it.

I wonder if you felt the same – that you could see where the tensions were on the surface – but how calm things were when you were there? Then (seemingly suddenly) things just flip in a moment – at least seemingly for a traveler.