Capsis Palace Hotel
Travel Blogs from Cairo
Pictures! 2
I'm still backtracking...making sure that map route stays accurate! But I think you will enjoy this collection of Pictures from my first batch in Italy through Egypt! Love, Ali / Althea
Cairo again
After arriving in the morning at Cairo we headed off to the Citadel. There were heaps of school children here and they all wanted to talk to us in English which was quite funny. They would come up and say Hello. My name is... what is your name? I think this must be about all they had learnt so far at school. Some could hold conversations and it was …
Cairo
Landed in Cairo about midnight so i didn't get to see the city as i landed. Was ok though, cause the airports was very quiet. On the way to the hotel i learnt a few things about egyptian driving. 1. they don't like road rules - I'm not sure if they actually have any and just drive in the middle of the road ignoring lanes and intersections. 2. They …
Cairo
Day One, Cairo!! Cairo Airport is an interesting introduction to the city. It's full of disused buildings and planes- more of a junkyard than anything else. What a city! I have never seen a city where no one seems to obey rules of any kind. Crossing the street is like running the gauntlet- the only way to get across is to walk and hope the cars and …
Traffic, pyramids - holy shit!!!
Left Sinai early for a long transit to Cairo. Went via tunnel under Suez Canal but impossible to see anything from the road.
Traffic started getting heavier as we got closer to Cairo and the developed into total chaos as we reached the center - most of on the bus open mouthed as everyone cut everyone else off, no headligfhts and horns …