Pharaohs Doki Cairo
12 Lotfi Hassouna Street, Dokki Cairo, 12411, Egypt
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Cairo - One of the many reasons I don't hire cars
We arrived at Cairo airport to minor chaos. It turns out that 10.40 in the morning is a popular time for planes to arrive, so the arrivals hall was absolutely jammed and there were 4 stations trying to do passport control for everyone. Just before passport control, we found the local guide that Rawda and her parents had booked to show them around …
Pyramids and Imodium Tablets
Hi All, Well, we've made it to Egypt and all in one piece, even if we are only really being held together by Imodium tablets and ice. More on that in a moment. The flight from Oslo to Cairo via Frankfurt was largely uneventful, mainly because Lufthansa's catering division are on strike, so even the usual meal service was missing. We did get a snack …
GETTING TO CAIRO, EGYPT
Sunday Up at the regular time with the mosque. Len tried getting on the internet and we couldn't connect through any of the unsecure listings. Will try again at the airport. The hotel provided a shuttle to the airport, we are not that far so it was a short drive. We walk in and then go through security first then find have to find Qatar Airlines. …
Pyramids, mummies and markets
We had heard so much about Cairo before we actually arrived here!! We had been warned about scams, about men and the overall feeling of cairo being bad!! It was refreshing to find that none of this was as bad as it had been made out to be!! Yes the men are very forward, there are a lot of car horns tooting, we barely made it alive after our taxi …
Sweet Sweet Cairo: Church/Mosque Edition
330am. These early wake ups are takin their toll.
Got the knock on our door only to sit in our cramped rooms for another 2 hrs, finally reaching Cairo.
Upon daybreak, the group set off to see the religious trifecta: church, synagogue, and mosque.
Please enjoy the attached photos.
Went to a local stand for lunch. Devoured a …



