Oasis Cairo

... to Egypt, by way of Gaza. Something unexpected happens, and Dan continues on to Cairo alone, where he meets Robert and Jodie. Then he goes on to Alexandria and Siwa Oasis, where he finds Shayne again. After a few days in Cairo, they return to Israel.

... the culture of the place. The entire point of Egypt is to see the sights, and as it happened the Oasis hotel ran a free shuttle bus to the centre of Cairo at certain points during the day so we decided it was a good idea to take it to do a little ...

... "new Cairo" which was full of houses that could have been called palaces! They were massive and beautiful. As we continued through Cairo we made a stop on a bridge crossing the Nile. There was an island with many green crops and also a Christian church ...

... Ezmat, the owner of the company in Egypt met us personally and assisted us through customs and to our hotel, the Oasis Pyramid Hotel in Giza, just outside Cairo where the Pyramids are. The traffic in Cairo is like nothing we have ever seen. The last mile ...

... . Once in the city, we had lunch at a local mall. We then went for a long walk along the Nile River. July 11, 2004 Cairo...Giza...Sakkara On this morning we met our local guide, Amadeus. His real name was Mohammed, but as he explained it to us if ...

... , but getting there involved an intricate combination of street crossings at (I think) Midan Al-Tahrir - the Times Square of Cairo - something but completely freaky and slightly exhilarating after the fact, but we made it, alhumdu-allah! The shopping mall ...

... nbsp; We had a couple of hours to relax before getting on the train to Aswan, and this was spent at the Canadian Hostel in downtown Cairo. After finding the local recommended place closed, the next thing we found was KFC, and so yes, we ate there. It was ...

... for it, I think the guy just gave it to him.  What an interesting culture.  We finally got back to Cairo and back to the Oasis hotel which has become our home base now.  I have discovered that the hotel has acquired a couple of small kegs ...

... our hagling skills to get some good prices.  It was crazy to be in the middle of the bustling everyday life of Cairo.  We then met for a nice lunch of traditional Egyptian kababs and got to see everyone pray in the streets afterward during the ...

We were up at a decent hour and on a plane headed to Cairo. Today was a nice and easy day where we actually got time to relax. After the flight we checked back into the Oasis hotel and our friend at the front desk remembered us from the week before! After ...

... checked us in. Shortly after getting to our rooms we had our trip meeting. We changed clothes and made it just in time. The Oasis hotel was actully a luxury resort...NICE! This was nice after our 24 hours of travel but first we had to have the trip ...

... ticket. Ten minutes later we had finally pulled up in front of the AUC dorm described in the pamphlets as "an oasis in the midst of the chaos of Cairo." The dorm looks like a five star hotel. As a Pitt student I was in shock. Everything impressed me, ...

... see that there was a smiling guy with Lara Kallman scribbled on a placard (getting warmer!) He ushered us over to our oasis the Marriott Cairo and were delighted to  be allowed to check in early morning (thanks front desk!). The early check-in ...

... has large buildings for the President, rich people and armed forces with large open gardens and huge buildings all different. Old Cairo is cluttered with no grass and colour on the buildings. Apartments with a sea of satalite dishes on top ...

... ways, she has been a wonderful guide and taken such great care of us.  She really showed us the beauty and character of Cairo and also Alexandria.  She is on facebook and we got her contact information, I told her that Tam will be her farmville ...

The Marriott Cairo, our oasis in a dirty, teeming city of 18 million, made our busy stay in the area most pleasant. The city itself needs a good clean-up. Dirty buildings, trash, and pollution from the massive number of cars somewhat overshadows the ...

... and beautiful. From here we visited Khan el Kalili bazaar which is a bazaar dating back to ancient times (as much of Cairo does).  A very busy little bazaar consisting of two narrow streets, but unfortunately as Ahmed explained much of the stuff ...

... pretty keen to get to the hotel to recover from the journey, but on the way we were taking in the sights and sounds of Cairo on a Saturday, which is a no-work day so not so busy.  The traffic here is something to behold - seemingly no road rules but ...

Made it from Amsetdam to Cairo in about 6 hours. we arrived about 3am local time.  I was worried at the airport when our guide was not there, I saw several other guides with signs but no one for Voogd.  after we picked up our suitcases at ...