Hotels in Cairo - Prices and Reviews

Since last year, our school schedule has changed many times.

Original school schedule was teacher orientation/classroom setup for 2 weeks, Parent/Teacher orientation on Sept 7th&8th first day of classes on Sept 9th. And Eid Break from Sept 18th-22nd.

But due to swine flu scares, the government decided to push back the school ...

We awoke early on day 2 time enough for quick breakfast before meeting the rest of the group for the short minibus ride to the Giza Plateau where we would find some of the most advanced and ancient structures of human civilisation. They are situated about 15 miles out of Cairo, just west of Giza on the west bank of the nile. The plateau consists...

As you will soon guess, I have never written a travel blog before or any kind of blog in fact. So this is new to me and will be a learning process. I'm not a youngster, even though I may act like one at times and I hope this doesn't put you off following my adventures, in fact I hope it will inspire people of all ages to realise that they will n...

I slept so well last night and woke up at 8am, really happy to find myself not jet-lagged. Today's plan was to visit Coptic Cairo early, rest in the hot afternoon, and go back out when it's cooler. Coptic Cairo is the traditionally Christian part of Cairo and has several churches and a museum. It was only 6 stations away from the Nasser metro st...

We arrived at Cairo at around 9 PM local time. This time the flight from Dubai was a bumpy one and we had to spend half the time with our seat belts fastened. Specially at the later stage of the flight the plane was bumping so much that at one point I was getting really nervous and started thinking whether I can see Dipto, my Son anymore. By the...

I experienced my first taste of Egyptian live music tonight. An upcoming band played at a place called the Sawy Cultural Wheel, or Sakia (sakia literally means water wheel in Arabic) Sawy on the island of Zamalek, on which I live. This place regularly has cultural events of all sorts, including film screenings, dances, and artwork. It's located ...

Today on my walk to Arabic class, a shop merchant pleaded with me to stop (which is typical - with every ten steps another person is always calling for you). I usually stay focused on my task of "walking to school" because I learned by experience (a little over a week now) that once you look anyone in the eye or engage them you're screwed, unles...

I wake up with a stiff back from a very lumpy, worn out mattress, but for some reason I have slept like a baby. No interruptions. I had put my head to the pillow and was out until 4am. I meditate in bed for a while and then write in my journal. I pull on my jeans and a long-sleeve, loose top and a saffron colored shawl (to respect the modesty of...

My last entry for Istanbul was cut off early, so there is still more I wanted to say about wonderful Istanbul. Hmmm... 1. Mick and I both bought Turkish rugs. We are not sure if we were scammed or not. Hopefully not. 2. The vendors have this way at getting your business that is aggressive yet strangely genuine. 3. We went to the Turkish bath and...

And so we arrive in Egypt, Dubai was great, - and hot. Thankfully we have escaped the heat by coming to Cairo. Arriving in Cairo with a hangover yesterday was great fun, and of course the rip offs started the moment we left the Airport, we managed to pick the worst Airport Limo co. around. The 25 stone git that drove us from the airport seemed t...