Aug 18
This was the first competition day. At 9 am our team marched behind their guide over to the computer room and began attacking three problems. Five hours later, they were having lunch with Brian & Percy discussing their solutions. A couple hours after that, they got their printed results. They all did well enough to be in the hunt for a medal on the second day. What color, gold, silver, or bronze, remains to be seen. Only half of the contestants receive medals and those in the ratio of 1 gold, to 2 silver, to 3 bronze. The final competition, in two days, will decide.
Next we were loaded onto buses for an hour and a half ride to the Nile and our scheduled dinner cruise. The guests were on one bus while our team and team leaders were on another. Unfortunately, and unknown to us on the guest bus, they had to wait on their bus for an additional hour and a half while we went on a boat for the dinner cruise. Turned out one of the scheduled boats had a problem and could not run that night. So they ran the cruise in two shifts. As a result, the team did not get home until midnight after a hard day of competition. It also meant that Delphine and Brian were not together for the cruise dinner down the Nile. By being on the first boat, I was able to capture the sun setting over Cairo and the Nile.
Here are the best photos of the day, best viewed as a slideshow.
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