Finally got back to Tampa last night at 6:00 pm Sunday after leaving Cairo at 7:30 am on Saturday. I think it works out to be 42 hours of travel time. Pretty draining. I have come to the profound conclusion that the best part of travel is being at your destination, teaching, learning, enjoying the culture and the people. The worst part is the travel getting to and from the destination. It seems that most airlines view the passenger as an imposition that they must endure. That being said the last leg from Boston to Tampa on Jet Blue was great. I had to book that one because Delta could not find me a flight (After all I only have one million plus miles on Delta).
The actual conferences in Egypt were very good. The coaches were very eager to learn and hungry for information. However they do seem to be fixated on technology, machines with blinking lights and measure strength curves in multi colors. This was a bit perplexing but I kept hammering away on functional exercise criteria. Sometime the message got through the translation. They also wanted more exercises, but of course I refused until we could put the exercises in context. That was another concept that was tough with translation. Despite those small barriers I think I got the message across. I think their eagerness to learn bodes well for the future of sport in Egypt.