Europa Cairo

... night on beer and were rather drunk.<br><br>Went up the cairo tower yesterday which was good - you can see the whole city and even out to Giza where the pyramids are. Took a few photos but you can't really make the pyramids out. I'll upload some later on when I get a bit more time. Pyramids tomorrow, we're thinking of hiring a driver from the hotel to take us out all day to the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, it's only 150 egyptian which is about 15 quid for the whole day!<br>

... to get to both Sudan and Eritrea, and it seems there&#8217;s no longer a boat up the Nile to Sudan, so it&#8217;s flying time again I guess. Turns out a short flight from from my next firm destination Yemen to Eritrea actually costs more than a longer flight from Cairo, which would also allow a stopover in Khartoum, so that looks like the ticket, electronic of course, just like downtown, except no credit cards. Of course I may not actually spend ...

... slightly dubious about the quality of the food (given what I can see of the kitchen). There is no English menu and my attempts to speak English with the staff is a complete failure. After about ten minutes of trying to decipher the menu I decide not to risk the order, and head back to a McDonald's I passed on the way. I order a large fries and resolve that this will be the last time I order from a Western fast food outlet for the next 2 months.

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... was meticulously relocated in modern times.<br><br>Ironically, the man partially responsable for the necessary relocation was Nasser. Nasser paid for the construction of the High Aswan Dam by nationalizing the Suez Canal and standing up to the West, which is what won him his fame and hero status. The Dam provides a lot of money and power to the Egyptian government, but it also created Lake Nasser, which threatened to flood many Nubian treasures. Thus with the help ...

... such involvement so directly. As part of this admission, President Obama once more reiterated his invitation to Iran's leaders for a new dialogue based on the mutual recognition of Iran's right to access to civil nuclear energy. Second, President Obama has recently increased pressure on Israel to stop any expansion of settlements in the West Bank. During the speech, he upped the notch once more by using the word 'occupation' in description of Palestine. No President has ever used ...

... was what it was like. <br><br>So we flew into Cairo the next day fresh and well fed with a good Western breakfast only to reach Cairo International Airport which looked like it was like a blast into the past. Hmm the last time I walked into airport like that was in Beijing way back 15 years ago i.e the pre-Olympic days.<br><br>DAY 1<br><br>Chaotic , filled with people and loads of army personnel , it was nice to see Nora ( we ...