BobW Jul 3, 2011
1. Yes, you bought a ticket to Egypt. Also, to ride with a pretty girl and an expert driver instead of with a crowd on a bus. (Though they are certainly friendly enough. Notice how everyone is friendly? They're pleased to see you in their world.

2. Egypt. Obviously not the literal Egypt; but symbolizing a land markedly different from the one you live in (when awake.) In dreams, China may be a second away from New York; and pools, ice and curving roads aren't always impediments..

3. Why would dream people do what they had always dreamed of? They live there. They've broken out the cars and the clothes for you, probably because they've been waiting to meet you.

4. You even get to do some driving on your own. Already, you're getting the "lay of the land."

5. What makes you think that room is yours? You may have told your host to get out of his own house.

At this point, I'd hesitate before I gave an outside-world meaning to that exchange of money for a ticket. I see this as your dream friends pointing out that what's valued in the waking world may be of less value, even totally unimportant, in theirs. Money may get you on a dream bus, you need something else to go on wild rides with dream blondes.