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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I went to visit the great pyramids on a previous trip. You need to buy a ticket to enter the archeological site. There, you can enter inside the pyramid (this I didn’t do), you can get as close as you want, just not allowed to climb obviously. You can see the sphinx, there are many smaller tombes and structures around. It’s probably a good idea to take a guide to give you more details and explanation.


  • As far as I know, they only take cash for the Visa. USD and Euro are fine.

    I think there is another app that locals use for rides, it don’t know it, I must ask.

    I haven’t spent time in the historical Cairo city. Our office is outside in a newly developed area, 6th October it’s called, not far from the pyramids of Giza. It’s a good 30 minutes drive from Cairo center and I haven’t got the time or motivation to visit downtown. The new Grand museum is very good I’ve heard, I will try to save some time for it on my next visit.



  • I was in Egypt this year for business. We usually get a cab service and airport assistance booked via our office in Cairo, I can check the price for that tomorrow. We also used Uber few times and we paid something like 250EGP for short trips between the hotel and the mall, like 5~10km. It’s like 5USD. Some Uber will only take you if you pay cash, at least for short trips like that. I’ve only been to Cairo surrounding, no experience with Luxor. Luxor is 640km away from Cairo, I suppose you are aware of that.

    Also, you need cash when you arrive at the airport, the visiting visa is 30USD and they will return the change in EGP.














  • Got my printer back in 2018, at the time the Prusa i3 MK3 was amongst the best printer you could get for the money, best in class performance and reliability, while having totally Open-source mechanical, electronics and firmware. I also got the material changer MMU2.

    People keep buying Prusa because they are committed to keep Open-source and community contributions alive. Very model gets upgrades down the line, coming in parts from community feedback and contributions.

    When the MK3S upgrade came out, they shipped it to me at a minimal cost. When the MMU2S upgrade came, they did too. Just this month, I have upgraded to MK3S+ and MMU3, printing the parts and sourcing the Hardware by myself. Prusa maintains very good documentation and assembly guides, to make the process as easy as possible.

    8 years ago I paid for a good printer. Today it’s still relevant and has been super reliable the whole time (MMU2, not so much, I am still testing the MMU3).