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Cairo, pyramids & sphinx 15-20 Jan 2011

A travel blog entry by samphilpott

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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 ...

Back to the Beginning at the End

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... sure I spent too much money on things that weren't worth very much, but even that is something of a tradition for tourists in Egypt. When it came time to head to the airport to fly back to London, I had decided to take the public bus and finish the ...

Mummies, Pyramids and Chaotic Cairo

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... and exotic, and a world away from anything that I had seen before. My four and a half hour flight from Heathrow to Cairo was fairly painless. I had organised my visa before I left so I was straight out of the airport with my bags, no worries. ...

Dodging traffic and slum fires in Cairo

A travel blog entry by jsnicka

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... as you approach the outskirts of the city. Pretty amazing and awe-inspiring. Unfortunately there is a lot of pollution and smog in Cairo, so there isn't a crystal clear blue sky backdrop to make them even more stunning. Alex and I spent some time at the ...

The amazing giza pyramids and sphinx

A travel blog entry by danly

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... age of 90, which is incredible considering that the life expectancy for Egyptians is about 70, and is considered to be one of Egypt's greatest and most powerful pharaoh’s. He outlived many of his own children and wives and we saw his mummy at the ...

Land of the Mummies

A travel blog entry by danly

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... through so much drinking water and with all the empty water bottles our room is looking like the Pacific garbage patch. Anyway we are both enjoying being somewhere as interesting as Egypt and we look forward to seeing the Pyramids very soon! Daniel + Ly ...

Losing It

A travel blog entry by christinasworld

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... taste subsided replaced with one as sugared as a glass of hot mint tea. And in the labyrinthine alleyways of old Islamic Cairo I found a different city peopled with kindness and warmth. More shockingly I found I was beginning to love Cairo. Cheers! ...

Cairo

A travel blog entry by globedecker

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... in its true magnificence. Remembering my previous visit, it was the exact same, the unremitting sales hassle at tourist sites in Egypt (followed closely by India) continues to be about the worst I have ever experienced. Not to say that it ruins the ...

What I Have Learned (Episode III)

A travel blog entry by christinasworld

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... will not hesitate to tell you. * "In Sha Allah" means "God willing" in Arabic and the people of Jordan and Egypt say it often. * In a bazaar in Cairo I was asked where I was from and when I told him he pointed to a picture above his head of Hillary ...

Leaving Cairo

A travel blog entry by shazlex

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... in rubbish. This all sound negative but I still love the place. It is just so different. An experience. Cairo makes me realise how lucky we are. In Australia the majority of the population live in spendour and don't even ...

Pyramid Schemes, Part II

A travel blog entry by christinasworld

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... suspicious and when I received my ticket I even went to a policeman and asked if it was real. I wasn't like this last week - Cairo had turned me into a distrustful, bitter traveler. I knew that if I wasn't careful this country was going to try to screw ...

Arriving in Cairo

A travel blog entry by shazlex

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... Then he need to turn right and cut across four lanes of traffic to get there. Because we were so tired, the initial impressions of Cairo were somewhat lost for Mum. She just wanted to sleep. We got to the hotel at 1am (9am Australian time) ...

Our first day in Cairo - Mia Mia

A travel blog entry by shazlex

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Todays highlights included the Dodgy Lift, Cairo Museum and nearly being run over by a bus! After finally getting to sleep at around 2.30am (a bit longer for me as Mum was snoring loudly), we were awoken at 4.47am by the call to prayer. My ...

Egypt - Awe and Angst!!!

A travel blog entry by duke_schewe

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... and History �Environment Day with Kayla �The Red Sea �Kids Club at Le Pacha Resort Lowlights �The suicide bombing in Cairo �The animosity towards westerners. A woman in her full Burka (Moslem dress covering head/body) actually spat on the ...

Cairo

A travel blog entry by jag

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... photos before leaving. I returned back 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 ...

Back home at the Canadian Hostel...eh!

A travel blog entry by tracystravels

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... spending time with each time I was in Istanbul. Hard to bridge those vast cultural divides and expectations... Huge haze over Cairo as we landed...zoomed through immigration, got my luggage and found my ride holding a sign with my name on ...

Egyption Lover Baby....

A travel blog entry by tracystravels

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... history (compliments of my new friend, Rohini's, blog except for the bit � added �n ital�cs): Started with Ancient Egypt, then the Persians invaded, then Alexander the Greek invaded and kicked out the Persians.The famous movie Cleopatara which ...

Our Final Day in Egypt

A travel blog entry by shazlex

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... internet at the hotel) and she gave me a cuddle farewell. She gave me a postcard wishing my the best and my return to Egypt. I took a photo of her and she even offerred to take off her head scarf and have a photo taken showing her hair (which ...

Back to Cairo

A travel blog entry by tracystravels

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Arrived back from the desert to Cairo and spent the final group evening on a Nile Cruise eating buffet and watching hardly even mediocre belly dancing....yes, I have now officially given up on actually seeing proper bellydancing. Said ...

Final thoughts on Egypt

A travel blog entry by sojanet

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... ; It really is dirty, noisy, creepy, and crowded like everyone else says it is. I cannot wait to get out of here. Cairo, not Egypt. I had such a great time in Egypt. I will really miss it. I am just going to jot down a ...

Day 1: Egyptian Museum, market, and hookah

A travel blog entry by sojanet

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... friend came over to pick me up. I hadn't seen her in almost a year, so it was a very exciting reunion. In Cairo! It was mid-afternoon and sweltering. We went to a nice cafe by American University in Cairo called Pottery Cafe and ...

Alexandria to Cairo

A travel blog entry by shazlex

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... day. Finally some sleep, we didn't wake until 8am. We left Alexandria by bus travelled back to Cairo, arriving about 2pm. I've been giving mum lots of rehydration salts but she is still not feeling 100% and didn't feel like ...

Glowing Lantern

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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... nbsp; She spoke excellent English that she learned mostly on her own; clearly she was motivated and energetic and intelligent. As Egypt passed by the windows, we talked about what it is to be a young woman in the Muslim world. When Glowing ...

Return to Cairo

A travel blog entry by jambo

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... nbsp; As hot as it is, we are still amazed by the outfits that many of the tourists are wearing. Egypt is a Muslim country and, whether you agree with it or not, women are expected to dress modestly. This doesn't necessarily mean ...

Middle school fantasy come true- PYRAMIDS

A travel blog entry by sojanet

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I had to go to the Ramsis train station to get an overnight Cairo-Aswan train ticket. Peter, one of the owners, said I could walk since it's only 2 stations away. I don't think so. The station was kind of confusing because I had to go ...

Day 2: Coptic Cairo, Koshara, and the Nile

A travel blog entry by sojanet

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... , tends to cater to the lower-income population, who in turn tends to be more conservative. In the wealthier parts of Cairo, people are probably less conservative. The degree of attention I drew, which was quite large, varied depending on the ...

Pyramid Schemes

A travel blog entry by christinasworld

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... from three days of swatting away copious touts and lotharios thick and relentless as a swarm of mosquitoes I needed a respite. While Cairo is certainly an exotic and exhilarating city I was longing to be actually able to see it and enjoy its splendors ...

Expatriate Eccentricities

A travel blog entry by christinasworld

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... rounded the statue of Talaat Harb until the skyline blotted out the Lotus Hotel and we sped off into the night toward Cairo International Airport. Christina Please Note: There is a new button at the top right portion of your screen called "Support My ...

Sleeping like an Egyptian

A travel blog entry by jambo

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... the first world made a refreshing psychological change from India and helped us gear up for the challenges ahead. We arrived in Cairo around 1am, tired and with upset stomachs. This was of no concern to the crowd of pesky touts that greeted ...

connecting to Cario

A travel blog entry by exploreamerica

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By the time this long day was over Diana and I were awake 23 hours. It was a long day!! We arrived in Cairo in the late afternoon. We were picked up and taken to our hotel. At 7PM we were picked up and driven to the port on the Nile ...

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Cairo, pyramids & sphinx 15-20 Jan 2011

Back to the Beginning at the End

Mummies, Pyramids and Chaotic Cairo

Dodging traffic and slum fires in Cairo

The amazing giza pyramids and sphinx

Land of the Mummies

Losing It

Cairo

What I Have Learned (Episode III)

Leaving Cairo

Pyramid Schemes, Part II

Arriving in Cairo

Our first day in Cairo - Mia Mia

Egypt - Awe and Angst!!!

Cairo

Back home at the Canadian Hostel...eh!

Egyption Lover Baby....

Our Final Day in Egypt

Back to Cairo

Final thoughts on Egypt

Day 1: Egyptian Museum, market, and hookah

Alexandria to Cairo

Glowing Lantern

Return to Cairo

Middle school fantasy come true- PYRAMIDS

Day 2: Coptic Cairo, Koshara, and the Nile

Pyramid Schemes

Expatriate Eccentricities

Sleeping like an Egyptian

connecting to Cario