Hotels in Cairo - Prices and Reviews

The train to Cairo was long but fine. We decided to get the day train as we wanted to travel second class after our horrible journey down to Aswan in the 1st class, it is impossible to book this class as they do not want tourists to travel this way but we had no problems. We were extremely lucky with our random choice of seats as many people had...

Today is incredibly hot, around 35 degrees. Was baking at 7 in the morning. Visibility is very poor - can barely see the Nile which is less than a 5 minute walk away. Heat is really oppressing. I knew it was going to be hot today, so I got up early to visit Coptic Cairo, which is a compound of Greek Orthodox churches - a kind of Christian Quarte...

I am not the typical blogger, I know, but after two weeks spent in Cairo I feel that I have more stories to tell. Traveling for work reasons is different to travel for vacation/tourism. I wake up every morning around 6:00am and I have the opportunity to live at the same rhythm than Cairo's citizens. And trust me, it can be hard, especially when ...

I'm sick of... 1) Having to sign out school resources and having to plead with the store room people to let me take out 3 glue sticks and 9 pens. 2) Being cat-called from the guys on the street. Many of these guys have studied in North America , they wouldn't do that back there, so why do it now? 3) Being honked at from the guys on the street. I...

Okay, so it has been a few days. I have been very busy this week with orientation. The first day was a nightmare. I learned the important lesson that bureaucracy is the same all over the world. The rest of the week has been great. Morgan and I have met some great people in my program. Plus there is a campus organization Morgan and I can both get...

Our brief visit in Alexandria & Cairo was memorable and fascinating. It was a land of contrasts. We saw bright green grass along irrigation canals and fields of agriculture, surrounded by miles of dried, brown desert stretching to the horizon. Local women walked by in what our guide called "country dress" which seemed to mean the long, loose...

Dear Friends and Family, We have not been able to bolg each day because of the Internet access. Todays comes form Tracy. I will try to up load pictures on Tuesday. Hi Friends! I've just returned from reading and sun bathing by the pool where it's a beautiful sunny 78 degrees. We were admiring John S. for doing laps in the pool the last two days....

We ate a rushed breakfast and joined our guide top head out to Memphis, the ancient capital of egypt. There we saw a huge statue of Ramses, a medium sized sphinx and some assorted egyptian bric-a-brac. From Memphis we headed to Sakkara where we saw Zoser's step pyramid and a short video on how the stones were quarried and shaped. We then went fo...

After meeting tons of solo travelers, I've come up with a mental list of todos to be safe and happy in Africa. 1) Look poor. Many people in Africa are poor, but are still exposed to American and western television. If you are listening to an ipod, they will see it and want it. If you have a regular routine, they may follow you and take your ipod...

After a very long flight, depart San Diego 11:30 am arrive Cairo 7:15pm +1 day, 22 hours traveling, through which I slept a significant amount, when not watching new film classics like "The Legend of Ricky Bobby" and "The Devil Wears Prada" (again) I landed in Cairo. The queue to get through passport control at the airport was mad and the crowd ...