Cairo Hostels - Reviews and Rates

flying out of Detroit to Frankfurt was crazy. I don't remember the seats being that close! Seriously, to pack a bunch of people up like sardines on an 8 hour flight is nuts! Not only that but they showed a dumb movie, Fred Claus.. it sucked, don't watch it. The one thing I have to say I was impressed with though is that you were able to get beer...

You really only need to know two things in order to travel in Egypt: 1) Cash is king, no one wants to see a credit card. This is because it is difficult to steal a percentage of the money when a credit card is used. 2) Everything, and i mean everything in Egypt is a scam or a trick to seperate you from your money. And you will needs lots of it, ...

Arrived on overnight train at about 7:30 am. Unfortunately, no idea how much a taxi should cost to our hotel. Didn't even know where the train station was on a map. Absolutely no taxi stand, no signs or tourist people to help. We wander outside and of course the taxi touts find us. They ask where we want to go, tell them, they say "ok". We'd rea...

If you got a chock coming to Istanbul then i don't know if Cairo is the place for you. Incredibly hot. I didn't understand why people were doing at 3am on a wednesday morning, but giving the fact that people take a siesta during the hot afternoon I now understand. Stupid tourists like me on the other hand decide to visit the pyramids at that tim...

Today is the Egyptian Museum and then whatever happens, which turns out to be a long and lesiurely tour of the Coptic sites. It turns out our guide is Coptic. The churches are extremely interesting and we spend a lot of time in them...the Hanging Church (which has a major restoration project starting to strengthen the floor joists).....and the S...

Dia 3 Museo de Antiguedades Egipcias y Cairo viejo. Hoy luego de un buen descanso y desayuno, fuimos a ver el Museo de Arte Faraonico del Cairo. Es tan grande que ver cada pieza al menos 3 minutos llevaria 3 meses de corrido, solo considerando las piezas en exposicion, pues tienen 3 veces la cantidad expuesta. Vimos muchas cosas impresionantes, ...

Sorry for the delay in writing my side of the story for Egypt - but we have been nursing ourselves back from the dead and then attending a wedding. So... finally here we go. Now, I need to clarify a few things before I get started. There were 3 completely different types of Egypt that we experienced: Cairo, Luxor, and Zamalek. Each one had uniqu...

Doctors and Dentists: Maladies in the Land of the Pharaohs May You and All Your Years be Happy: Turning Twenty-One in Cairo If you're going to have a bad day it is better to have the whole thing plummet down the hill of misfortune rather than teeter between mediocre and awful. My birthday fell into this category of bad, it was a comedy of errors...

Yep made it to Cairo ... not much to say here because we did not stay very long... the place is nuts and I have never seen anything like the driving ... even in France or Italy!!! It is a case of close your eyes and hope you don't get killed crossing the road ... ... went to Giza Christmas morning ... I have to say my first view of the pyramids ...

I actually was able to catch my flight from Cairo, something I was worried about after the ferry from Turkey arrived late. During the first hour or so, I happen to look out of the plane and see some islands. I was thinking to myself how cool it would be to live on one, out in the middle of nowhere. I got to looking at the one a lot closer and re...