It was 7 pm on the first day of Easter vacation when I started my road trip southwest, heading from Cairo to the Fayum Oasis located in the Egyptian Western Desert. The original plan was that one of my best friends and I would go to Fayum to attend a three-day music festival in the middle of the desert, nearby Lake Qaroun, but as usual, we only make plans to not follow them. My friend called me a day before and told me he couldn’t make it for some personal reason, which is understandable…but not enough of a reason for me to cancel the trip. I quickly shared the event’s link on Facebook, asking who’s going, and it wasn’t long before comments were rolling in. I ended up agreeing to carpool with some of my friend’s friends, and I was driving. This brings me to my first tip for you: Never cancel your plans just because your friends canceled theirs. It’s their loss. I met my road companions at 7 pm and we started the trip. They were two guys and a girl, and I discovered they are the founders…
