Pyramisa Hotel Cairo

... , Jacqui and I headed out to walk to the Cairo Metro and for a cost of one Egyptian pound each we took a ride to Coptic Cairo.  After one train change we arrived safe and sound in the heart of Coptic Cairo.  Although, I did take one photo of a ...

... his mind at that moment.  What a classic British understatement! After our tour, we  walked a couple of kilometres to hotel then ventured out briefly to explore the  vicinity of hotel looking for snack only to return to the hotel.  ...

... number and times so he was in a different terminal waiting for us to arrive on the wrong airline).  We took a cab into our hotel, Pyramsia, and discovered the mix up. GAP had arranged to have us 'catch-up' with the tour but it would require us ...

... very limited legroom.  The previous nights hotel in St Catherines was poor, so to get to our comfortable hotel with plenty of hot water was a joy. Cairo was the only destination on the tour I had been to before.  I didn't really like the city ...

... everything.  I didn't even bother trying to learn any words or phrases like I did with Romania. I got to Cairo one day early and checked into the hotel where I'll be staying for the first night of the tour.  On the drive from the airport to the ...

... church and several small shops. This is classic:  For our last night in Cairo, Explore Egypt had upgraded us to the 5 Star Pyramisa Suites Hotel and Casino.  When we got to our room, we found that it was a smoking room so I went down to the ...

... kisses all round to the crew and our fellow passengers and then we were off in the taxi (for 150egp!!) to our hotel – The Pyramisa Isis Hotel where we checked in and dropped our luggage off before heading to the airport which is quite a way out of ...

... intense renovations and this was the reason for its less than modern interior! We then made our way to our five star hotel, the Pyramisa Luxor (I thought I must have been dreaming!) where we would be staying for our one night in this city. To our ...

... it added to Alex's mummy count.   For a change of pace we took a caleche (horse drawn carriage) back to the hotel.  Although again apprehensive Alex did take up the drivers second offer to take the reins for Casanova (the horse) and steer us ...

... my negative thinking turns positive.  Although it felt a little like a circus, let's be serious, it's a tourist attraction.  Cairo is the largest city on the continent of Africa, and all of the middle east.  20 million people hustling and ...

... out, exhibits are clearly marked, didn't seem to be any rush at all, the exhibits are phenomenal nowhere in the world (outside Cairo) will you see such  3000+ year old statues in such an excellent state of preservation. please, make this a must do ...

... in the evening, we passed by a huge Coptic church. There is probably the largest number of Coptic Christians in Aswan, outside Cairo. The church was humming with activity. In front of the church, there were quite a few young Moslem men hanging about. ...

... excursions.  So far, Aswan is one of my favorite places in Egypt so far.  The weather here is slightly drier than in Cairo, and reminds me very much of Phoenix.  I was out walking for a few hours today, and weather-wise, it felt just like ...

... us warm.  When it began to get cool, we headed in, took showers and then picked from the four restaurants at the hotel.  Unfortunately, we chose wrong.  Note to self:  Egypt is not the place to get Italian food.  I know now ...