Cairo Tower

This city is extremely fascinating, but mostly due to its history though. The pyramids are a must see, and the Egyptian museum offered great insight in how things used to be so long ago. It makes you question how it is possible that such a organized and dedicated culture was lost to become what now is a chaotic and non-progressive one.
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Even though my cabin on the overnight train from Luxor sounded like it was going to vibrate apart, I managed to get a fairly good sleep and was woken at 7am for breakfast. My Cairo guide Mamdou was waiting at the station at 10am when I arrived. The train was 2 hours late and as a result the planned excursion to Alexandria (a 3hr drive from Cairo) …

Saturday and Sunday 15th & 16th January Booked into a cheap and cheerful place called the Egyptian Nights Hotel, in downtown Cairo for 2 nights at a bargain total price of £40 for two.  So that's £10 each per night. It will be interesting to ...

... ;m the one gaining the benefits.  But whatever bad tastes may have been left in my mouth disappeared as we drove through Cairo and pyramid silhouettes became part of the city skyline.  How cool is that?  These ancient giants are still ...

... from nearby shops running to help out so their surrounding shops wouldn't go up in flames as well. We eventually found the tower after our friend pointed us off in the right direction, went up some pretty dodgy stairs for some great views of Cairo. ...

... a taxi into central Cairo to Cairo Uni. I then walked down and across the Nile to the opera area. From here I went up to Cairo Tower for an excellent view of Cairo. After crossing the Nile again on the other side I headed of to the pink Egyptian Museum. ...

... residence of many expats. We had a look around before wandering back over the bridge and down the Nile foreshore to check out Cairo Tower and find a ride to the Pyramids. You've seen these in a previous entry, but I wanted to get back out here ...

... of Egyptian girls aged 16-19 who said that a wife needs her husbands permission for everything = 89% ... 'Egypt Almanac' American University in Cairo 2003 Quote of the Day: "Very big!.....Very old!..." camel owner at the pyramids Abstract: ...

... plan to check out the local music culture center for live concerts and then catch the lunar eclipse from the top of the Cairo tower. We did just that, although there was no live performance today, merely a musical instrument exhibit. However; the view ...

... ; They can play dumb, simply because you are dumb (when it comes to the language).   Standing 187 meters tall, Cairo tower is Egypt’s tallest building.  We lucked out with no bathroom attendants being present to guard the toilet paper in ...

... ; It took this name as it is located above a gatehouse of  Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo.  The Roman tower is mostly buried as the land surface has risen nearly 18 feet since the Roman period.  The church itself was ...

... encroaching urbanization threaten the sanctity of the Pyramids. Like in much of the country, the problems of modern Egypt obscure its prior achievements, literally and figuratively. For the millennium celebration, the Egyptians tried using helicopters ...