Khan Al-Khalili Cairo

al-Azhar Street, Cairo , Egypt
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    Attraction Type:

    Architectural building, Flea/street market, Mall

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    3of 128 attractions in Cairo

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  • 1

    Pink Eye, Stink Eye

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    We pulled into Ramses Station about 6:15am, right after I had wrenched my eye open -- the pink eye had definitely set in during the night. I never had it as a kid, when most people seem to get it, and I'm incredibly OCD about washing my hands and using hand sanitizer, but I've now contracted pink eye in three countries: Vietnam, Turkey, and Egypt. …

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    Religion, Headscarves, Walking, and Groping

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    There was still quite a bit to see and do in Cairo, and we only had one day left, so we got up around 8:00am in order to hit the road early. The new room wasn't ready yet, so we left our bags at reception and moseyed down to the metro.

    Sunday morning, 8:30am: the metro was jam packed -- like sardines in a can, only worse. We had to let two …

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    Sights and sounds of Cairo

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    We woke up fresh the next morning to a great spread at breakfast. We were met by our guide immediately afterwards to start our tour around Giza and Cairo.

    Pyramids and camel riding in the Sahara

    Making our way through the gates to the foot of the largest of the Pyramids was an amazing experience.

    We started off with a …

Related BlogsKhan Al-Khalili Cairo

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    Back to the Beginning at the End

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    ... the next day just taking it easy before catching an overnight bus back to Cairo. I spent my last few days in Cairo heading to Khan Al-Khalili and picking up the souvenirs that I had been putting off getting for the whole trip. I'm pretty sure I ...

  • 2

    Mummies, Pyramids and Chaotic Cairo

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    ... to explore the city. I took the Metro down to the Coptic precinct and back, then set out for Al-Azhar Mosque and Khan Al-Khalili.  I managed to get horribly lost on the way and ended up down near the Citadel. On the way back, I passed through the ...

  • 3

    Cairo

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    ... to Cairo after visiting Aswan and Luxor before I flew out. I also re-visited Cairo on my second trip to Egypt with Ewa (Eva) re visiting the pyramids, Khan al-Khalili, Islamic Cairo. That was fun, as I knew where to stay and also where everything ...

  • 4

    Hail to the shisha!

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    ... is where mostly middle-upper class Egyptians eat, but the whole night cost us about UK10.00. Last night we went to Khan al-Khalili, the largest bazarre in the Middle East - what an experience. There are hundreds of stalls selling things like papyrus, ...

  • 5

    Cairo 1st in the evening of new years day ...

    ... to get the bus, past a donkey living in a rubbish heap surrounded by dead dogs and cats eating out of buckets. 2nd Went to Khan Al Khalili to meet Nik and Jimmy as they'd gone in the morning and I'd slept in. I got lost so missed them, but wandered ...

  • 6

    27th cairo arrived back in town last night ...

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    ... very good price". Out of Coptic Cairo and into Islamic Cairo back across town. What a difference. The main area is the Khan Al Khalili which is a big market area with loads of mosques and wee windy backstreets which was quite a site. We were just ...

  • 7

    Hello all now sans beard after visit to ...

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    ... of the Nile from the balconies though. In the evening myself and a couple of Korean girls from the hotel caught a taxi to the Khan Al Khalili to watch the Soufi dancers perform for the tourists. It was free entry so we had to get there early to get ...

  • 8

    Khan and more (impressions)

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    ... downtown squares. AUC is on Midan al-Tahrir. Also got a cell phone. Jan 23: Back to Khan al-Khalili, with a larger group. Visited Islamic Cairo to see Mosques dating back to 1010. Still beautiful and running. Jan 24: Explored Zamalek, the ...

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    Pyramids and Sphinx

    ... the first time, and after a quick meeting we were on our way to the Giza, and Saqqara pyramids.  After going to Khan Al Khalili market yesterday, I wasn't excited to go back out onto the streets of Cairo, the way people drive here is for lack of ...

  • 10

    Just another typical day in Egypt

    ... for 20 minutes asking for a dollar. Very persistent. Today we met another American at our hostel, and we all walked down to Khan al-Khalili and the City of the Dead - - Khan al-Khalili is a crazy, twisting bazaar/market that seems to go on forever. ...