Since I am going to be away for so long AND since I will be alone for three of my eight weeks away, I have been on the computer day and night researching the how's and how much's of international cell phone use. My mother can't figure out who I think I am going to be talking to while riding on the back of a camel in the Western Sahara, but I am VERY comforted by the thought of having a phone. Add to that the fact that all incoming calls will be free and I can use the new phone to upload photos to a soon-to-be created travelblog, I am very excited.

So if anyone wants to call me while I am away, the direct dial number will be +011 372 5338 7242. For those of you that know me well, I will hook you up with a real cheap calling card number, so if you happen to have insomnia in the middle of the night, you can call me and we'll chat over breakfast in a Cairo internet cafe.

Yippee!