Le Meridien Heliopolis

... Anyway, I found a place to play basketball from talking to this guy, and I cruised over there after getting home from Le Meridien. Normally, this club, the El-Gizira, is pretty busy with soccer, clay-court tennis, the swimming pool (which inexplicably ...

... Wonders of the World it is an incredibly significant place in world history. We started the day today with a wonderful breakfast at our hotel, Le Meridien.  We LOVE this hotel.  I don't know if that is because it is the best by far of the other ...

... in the afternoon, my friend met me at the airport and from there moving in slowly in the heat and the traffic to our hotel, Le Meridien, just nearby and with view towards the pyramids. I just love to take in the pulse of what each country, each ...

... somewhere in Europe. Anyway.. it's a definite must to do in Egypt when I come back. Our hotel was located in the Heliopolis area, which is the nicest neighborhood. At first we planned to do the dinner/cruise thing, but the trip to Egyptian museum ...

Deja les derniers jours de notre voyage...demain dimanche nous allons enfin visiter les grandes pyramides et le Sphynx et nous partons pour le Canada lundi.  Le Caire est une ville ou il y a beaucoup de pauvrete et generalement pas tres propre, comme ...

... tourism industry.  Weather-wise in Cairo it was surprisingly cool and a strong wind always seemed to be blowing. I stayed at a Le Meridian hotel which is only a few minutes walk from the Giza Pyramids -  so they were my first stop.  The ...

... . We got closer and closer until we were basically driving around their bases. Then the taxi-driver stopped! We were at our hotel-Le Meridian. How close were we! The taxi was searched from top to bottom by security guards for bombs. It was a timely ...

... We travelled on a very dodgy, loud and smelly overnight train to Luxor, but enjoyed ourselves once we got here. We stayed in a posh 5 star Le Meridian Hotel, right on the banks of the Nile. We went on a Felucca boat trip down the river, just the two of ...

... nbsp; Hopped on the bus for a hair raising trip to the hotel.  They have a new ring road to Giza where we stayed at Le Meridian – I think it was 4 lanes but most times there were 6 lanes of cars, buses, trucks, b-doubles trying to get into ...

... book us the trip and headed out to the hotel. Driving in Cairo is chaotic. it is a very interesting city. We stayed at the Le Merieden Piramids. After arriving to the hotel and freshening up we were picked up to go to the Light and Souns show at the ...

... chaps to be genial and helpful throughout our holiday in Egypt.   We careered our way through the Cairo traffic from Heliopolis to Giza with a commentary from Mohamed on places of interest on the wayside and what we could  expect ...

Crowds, begging, poverty, in-your-face street vendors, dirt, radically different culture are all issues that I grew up with in Mexico. Indeed, I’ve encountered it in other Latin American countries and to a lesser extent in the Caribbean. When we ...

All, Cairo is indeed a city of great contrasts.  We had some extra time today and were able to sit by the pool.  And yes, we saw a chunky man in a pink Speedo not far from women in full-on burkas!  Dor those who don't know ...

As today was a day of travel and relatively uneventful, Dianne is allowing me to post today's blog. (Plus it is 3 in the morning and she is fast asleep) No worries, I will gladly relinquish the reins back to her again tomorrow.  Please forgive ...