Cairo, Egypt Travel Blogs

... 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 entire ...

A travel blog entry by globedecker
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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! ...

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 ...

A travel blog entry by christinasworld
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... are covered 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 realise or ...

A travel blog entry by shazlex
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... been 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 it! I ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
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Listening to some songs by Egyption Lover on my IPOD as I was landing at Cairo International Airport this afternoon after a marathon session of travel from Tehran and Bahrain to get here. No direct flights from Iran to Egypt...they don't have great ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
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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 me ...

A travel blog entry by christinasworld
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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 street when ...

A travel blog entry by duke_schewe
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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) and went ...

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 Egyptian ...

A travel blog entry by shazlex
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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 some goodbyes ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
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... trusts his daughters and lets them do what they want, providing it is moral and permitted by God, so she went back to Egypt to study pharmaceuticals. Later, Glowing Lantern wants to work in Europe, as it's too crowded in Egypt and too hot in the Middle ...

A travel blog entry by lraleigh
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by jag
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... the 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 I wont ...

A travel blog entry by shazlex
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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 few things that contributed to ...

A travel blog entry by sojanet
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... my 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 ate an Egyptian ...

A travel blog entry by sojanet
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A very slow 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 doing anything ...

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... your camel, mate". 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 ...

A travel blog entry by jambo
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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 through the ...

A travel blog entry by sojanet
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... the "Giza girls" really are tough and don't take no crap from anyone (there are stereotypes for different parts within Cairo). It was also apparent that Egyptian guys bother local women too. I thought it was only a foreigner-directed thing. Is there an ...

A travel blog entry by sojanet
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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 ...

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 ...

A travel blog entry by christinasworld
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... in 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 us in ...

A travel blog entry by jambo
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Spent the last few days in Cairo doing logistical stuff. Easy stuff usually but in such a huge bustling congested city as Cairo...pure exhaustion! Picked up my Tanzania Visa today at the Embassy, a short taxi ride but yesterday one that took over an hour ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
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Every third travel book these days is titled: 101 places you must see before you die or 500 places you must take your kids to see before they turn 12 and are charged full adult prices So it is something of our times, when a new book appears ...

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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... are all gone now. It was a good group; I'll miss those nights. They made me feel completely normal about traveling to Egypt and Istanbul. I mean, they were going to Kenya and Syria and other off-the-beaten-path places. To escape the heat, I suggested ...

A travel blog entry by sojanet
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... for a bit, we agreed on a price and were taken to the taxi. Before long we were speeding through the streets of Cairo, listening to upbeat Egyptian tunes whilst trying to take in as much of this amazing city as we could. Our driver got us considerably ...

A travel blog entry by antandrel
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... in the meantime. The least said the better of the 25 hours of airports and in the air. Malaysia Air from Perth to KL, Egypt Air from KL to Cairo, with a tarmac stopover of 1 hour at Mumbai, India to drop off and pick up. So to our first impressions of ...

A travel blog entry by heatheravan
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· Cairo, Egypt · GMT +2hrs "Cairo, one of the half-dozen supercapitals - capitals that are bigger than themselves or their countries ... the focus of a whole culture, an ideology or a historical moment". - Jan Morris, Destinations End of part I ...

A travel blog entry by byrnedm
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... Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel for a much needed rest. This morning another hostelmate and I went early to Islamic Cairo and wondered the semi-deserted streets for hours. People were so friendly and welcoming to us...some bakeesh but much less ...

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