After a breakfast of hard boiled eggs, bread and a glass of sweet tea, we were ready to head out and see the sights of Cairo. Our first encounter that first morning was the ancient Nile. While most of Cairo is old and crumbling, there are some fancy high rises. In Cairo, you don't need any museums, the whole place is a museum. The city is dusty and noisy. The traffic is bad and the drivers honk incessantly. All in all it was a great visit. How can one avoid this ancient place call Egypt in spite of its touts and 'bakseesh'. We've got around well after we discovered a few Egyptian pounds could grease our way and get us into places we were not supposed to go. I like that. We were victims of touts when we landed at the airport. But we are Ok, we just lost US$40, its only money. Touts took our money and got us into a private car masquerading as a taxi. He got us to our hotel but we were supposed to pay the taxi again, we didn't, we gave him very little, we ran into the hotel and left him, gaping on the side walk, he was the one who got taken as well. We were supposed to have the hotel send a car to pick us at the airport but somehow they didn't come, I should have made sure they got my email. This coming trip, the hotel in Casablanca just emailed to confirm that the hotel car will be picking us up at Casablanca airport.
The skyline is very interesting, it's dotted with minarets.
This is a masuleum not a mosque, one can't tell, it is so grand, complete with Venetian glass chandelier. The rulers of Egypt, mainly foreign Arabs lived very well.
We took pictures of them and they took our picture. I once told a friend, 'google me' and I'll 'google' you.
How can one not enjoy Cairo. I did.
After a breakfast of hard boiled eggs, bread and a glass of sweet tea, we were ready to head out and see the sights of Cairo. Our first encounter that first morning was the ancient Nile. While most of Cairo is old and crumbling, there are some fancy high rises. In Cairo, you don't need any museums, the whole place is a museum. The city is dusty and noisy. The traffic is bad and the drivers honk incessantly. All in all it was a great visit. How can one avoid this ancient place call Egypt in spite of its touts and 'bakseesh'. We've got around well after we discovered a few Egyptian pounds could grease our way and get us into places we were not supposed to go. I like that. We were victims of touts when we landed at the airport. But we are Ok, we just lost US$40, its only money. Touts took our money and got us into a private car masquerading as a taxi. He got us to our hotel but we were supposed to pay the taxi again, we didn't, we gave him very little, we ran into the hotel and left him, gaping on the side walk, he was the one who got taken as well. We were supposed to have the hotel send a car to pick us at the airport but somehow they didn't come, I should have made sure they got my email. This coming trip, the hotel in Casablanca just emailed to confirm that the hotel car will be picking us up at Casablanca airport. 
The skyline is very interesting, it's dotted with minarets.
This is a masuleum not a mosque, one can't tell, it is so grand, complete with Venetian glass chandelier. The rulers of Egypt, mainly foreign Arabs lived very well.
We took pictures of them and they took our picture. I once told a friend, 'google me' and I'll 'google' you.
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