Sonesta Cairo

... were hassled walking down the street or in the markets. I felt safe, but not when we crossed a road. My god, like cheating death just to cross a road and the locals take unbelievable risks doing it. Horns are constantly tooted as a means of warning other drivers that they are passing or nearby - it is courtesy rather than anger. Strange...and noisy. Fuel is cheap - about 21c per Litre Aussie. Probably the only benefit of being ...

... To add insult to injury, I took his paper and started on his Sudoku. When he returned he reclaimed his paper and found another seat. <br><br>We finally disembarked into human Tetris an hour and half after our projected arrival. Huck Finn knew all the tricks to avoid getting ripped off by taxi drivers, so we headed directly for the metro station and took a tram as far as we could and ...

... woman who, after a vivid dream, began to preach Christianity in a strict Muslim society. Eventually, she was sentenced to death on a torture wheel that tore limbs from the victim, now referred to as a Catherine Wheel. Apparently, the wheel inexplicably exploded, scattering her remains. Several hundred years later, legend has it that an arm was discovered in perfect condition near the present day monastery that was believed to be her arm! They say ...

... again it was also about 30 degrees Celsius at around 11 a.m.<br>I walked toward the river as I wanted to check out the Nile. It looks the same as any other river that flows through a large city but it is the Nile, one of the most famous rivers in the world. Very cool to see it in person.<br>Eventually I went to Coptic Cairo, which is an older area of the city and was where some of the Christian population of the city lived. I don't know if its specifically a Christian area ...

... When I woke up, I made the decision that I wanted to join Mo, Fahim, and Sheikh Haddad in fasting. I took off for the Old Cairo Tour without food or water. The Old Cairo tour was supposed to leave at 9:30, but since this is Egypt, it left at 10:30. At least there was A/C on the bus. We started in a Christian section home to the fortress of Fortress of Babel. We visited the suspended church, a church literally on stilts so when you look down from it you feel "suspended" in mid-air ...

... Departure<br><br>Breakfast at hotel- Transfer via air-conditioned modern vehicle to Cairo International Airport for final departure.<br><br>Inclusions:<br><br>Me et &amp; assist at Cairo International Airport <br><br>All pick up services &amp; transferring by Air-conditioned modern Van<br><br>02 nights accommodation at 3stars hotel in Cairo <br><br>02 nights accommodation at 3stars hotel in Luxor<br><br>01 night accommodation at 3stars hotel in Aswan<br><br>03 ...

... they leave the beautiful head alone as it is so old and amazing as it is. Here there loads of tourists and touts and saying no was a full time job there. Back on the camels we returned to their stables and headed off for a last visit to a perfume/essential oils shop (sucker again me!!!). Free water there (never free as you always buy) and a little display of the oils used since pharaoh times and more now that are the base of the big label perfumes. So yes |bought a 2 bottles, one of ...

... note so I changed hostels to share a room with them. All 3 are very cool guys, Russ and Lucas have been traveling for the past 11 months together which is very impressive as they are both such strong characters and Zeya has been out in the middle east for a couple of months and is a bit stuck here as his jaunt to Israel was just that, he couldn&#8217;t get in for some or another reason and as they gave him a stamp to say he had tried most of the Arab world will now not let him ...

... of marble inside. All the religious buildings are dark inside with some paintings and naive stained glass windows. Further along we came across the gate of Babylon and once again saw the influence of the Greek and Roman eras.<br><br>We spent time in the Coptic Museum which was very well set out. Security was tight with bags subject to search and X-ray and cameras confiscated and held for later collection. It held examples of early religious books and artefacts ...