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The Library
Monday morning it took us about 3 hours to get from Cairo to Alexandria, stopping for tea once. Alexandria, population 8 million, at first glance looks like a miniature Cairo, population 22 million. then you get to the coast and see the Mediterranean Sea and it is very beautiful. on the way here we saw several banana tree farms, huts for pigeons (a …
Farewell to Egypt
Our last day in Egypt - on the way back to the hotel we came across the internet cafe we were originally looking for - so here we are in this one today, our last day in Egypt. It's cheaper than the one we were shown last night, and cleaner - and opens out onto the street so there is a nice warm breeze blowing in.
On our way back last night we …
Visiting the pyramids
... on a divided highway with 3 lanes going in each direction. But the wise Egyptians have decided that each way can carry 5 lanes of traffic. And it is more dense than bumper to bumper. And many times along the way we are at a standstill and look out the window to see impatient vehicles going down the shoulder of the road, but against the traffic. These vehicles can be cars, motorbikes or donkey carts. We were very fortunate. Seating behind ...
Alexandria
... fishing rods. As we walked around the boardwalk we finally came across the start of beach – the sand is not as white like the beaches at home and even though people were swimming here I would be a little hesitant to myself due to other things floating in the water.
We finally made it around to Fort Qaitbey only to find they would not take US dollars to for entry fee on Egyptian Pounds. Oh well thems the breaks. ...