Cairo Resorts - Reviews and Rates

I landed first in Cairo, and had accommodation for 02 nights at hotel Grand Pyramids with a nice pyramids view at no extra charge ;), and then i went for Safari Trip to the white Desert and Wadi Hitan, organized by hotel Alpenblick Bahariya Thanks to lonely planet , I was able o do everything on my own, which cost me much less than to do it thro...

Mike and I woke after 8am, we had a cuppa and used the Internet. When Adrian and Ange woke up we had breakfast and started a load of our washing as we didn't want to get Mohammed to do it (he's been busy cooking for today's lunch). Hung around watching TV, reading, playing cards all morning. Grabbed a toasted cheese sandwich and cup of tea for l...

Note: I transcribed this from a loose piece of paper I wrote on a couple of weeks ago. Now that I've been here for two weeks, it's funny to look back and see what I was worried about when I first got here. Luckily, I've overcome most of the obstacles! Today is Monday, August 25, 2008. I am writing this as I sit in the Pottery Cafe, across the st...

Hello everyone! We have successfully arrived in Cairo! This is a place unlike any other I have ever been seen!! It's a little scary since the culture is so different but mostly because of the crazy drivers here. They don't follow any type of traffic laws so where ever you can fit your car is free game! So there are always four or five cars acros...

Apres avoir petit dejeune avec des Montrealais, nous prenons un taxi pour la Caire islamique, cad le quartier qui s'étend autour du souk. Nous sommes vendredi - ce qui correspond a notre dimanche - et les rues sont commes désertées, cela tanche completement avec l'agitation de la veuille. Dans le souk - khan el khalili - les echoppes s'ouvrent a...

Hi All, Well, we've made it to Egypt and all in one piece, even if we are only really being held together by Imodium tablets and ice. More on that in a moment. The flight from Oslo to Cairo via Frankfurt was largely uneventful, mainly because Lufthansa's catering division are on strike, so even the usual meal service was missing. We did get a sn...

For our last full day in Cairo, Ian took us on a trek around the city to some of the Mosques. We went to the very first mosque built in Cairo and to the Citadel. The Citadel was huge and every inch was decorated like a cathedral. We spent hours going through the Citadel and when we went home we were too tired to do anything but finish packing.

I finally went to the pyramids! My mom, and everybody else I know from home, has been quite surprised that all this time I haven't gone. I guess I just haven't felt any need to rush and go see them. I'll be here for quite a long time. I've always said I'll see them eventually. But since Laura saw them last week I felt that I would finally have t...

Boarding the Plane I noticed subtle differences immediately after boarding the plane. I had read many scary stories about flying Egypt Air, but they were considered the safest way to Egypt and it was a direct flight. There were only about five native English speakers onboard, but the safety instructions were in English. The instructions were pla...

We were whisked from the airport directly to the Hilton and requested to have a quick shower, dress up and be down in the lobby within 45 minutes for dinner with some big shots. John Updike is right although I have sensed, this was before I have read his Rabbit, Run I think, that the inclination to higher standards instantly dissolves in the blo...