Pharaohs Hotel & Casino Giza

After sleeping in to catch up on the 8 hour time difference, we finally left the hostel at 1130. We thought we'd be brave and walk to Khan Al-Khalili market and explore. This place is organized chaos! When crossing the street, cars don't stop and people don't wait. We saw women practically dragging small children just start crossing major inters...

We walked today. A lot. I can't get the feeling of a city unless I walk it- no taxis, no metro (yes, this does drive Matt nuts). The downside of this is I end up walking for HOURS.

Today we slept in, then walked to the Egyptian Museum. This is one of the most famous museums in the world- it is filled to bursting with antiquities and Egy...

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I have time for a couple of brieg stories, perhaps this travelblog will turn out to be a masterwork of gonzo journalism, or perhaps it will just be a couple sentences of outrage once a week, who knows, i do.

Since the last entry we have joined the all buying, all ********, all smoking, all flashing brigade of tourists ...

We arrived back in Cairo at 9 am. After being in the countryside for a couple of days, the smog, traffic and general craziness was a bit much. The first stop of the day was the oldest Mosque in Egypt. This is where our tour leaded Aymen shone. He is a very proud Muslim and for 2 hours he explained the origins of the religion, the people, the tra...

"You're doing what?"
"Riding my bicycle across Africa."
"Wow, the whole way?"
"Yes"
"Wow........Why?"

As I type this sentence, variations of that very conversation are happening all over the world. On January 15, 2010, fifty some-odd, otherwise mentally stable cyclists, will set off from Cairo on a four month cycling jou...

Asyut to Cairo

360 ks

The place i stayed in last night is a Government run hotel.
I packed my gear this morning and went down to reception to check out. The man at reception said i must wait for the police, I asked why and he said for the convoy. So i went outside to wait.
I decided not to do a runner because there wa...

Of course the line at the ticket window in the Luxor train station never diminished, so rather than diminish myself in the process of pushing and shouldering and edging my jockeys into position, I just walk down the street to the bus ticket office. Of course the same man who told me to show up in the morning for the evening I wanted to leave and...

04/11/2009 - Arrival to Cairo Airport: 09.11.2009





Arrival to Cairo Airport and meet for transfer on to the hotel. Rest of the day is then at leisure (as per your flight arrival time). Overnight in Cairo.





transfer on to Cairo Rail Station for departure on th...

21.40 - Another long and tiring day today. We were up early for breakfast and the start of our tour. As our Pyramid View Hotel is already in Giza, the drive to the pyramids themselves was relatively short. Unfortunately the day began very hazy and we were unable to see the pyramids at first, even from our hotel window. Anyway, there was nothing...