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Day 51 - Day 11 Jewel of the Nile
We have an extra day in Cairo as l messed up on matching the day the tour end to out return flight to Dubai. Anyway we lazed around hotel till late morning then decided to go shopping and headed off in a taxi to Hilton hotel mall. Negotiated a fare with taxi driver but he was having problem understanding our ascent. Couple of times had to point out where the hotel was and then he had to turn around a couple of times as he ...
Crazy Cairo
¨Welcome to Egypt.¨
Getting through the airport was not difficult; the customs officials collected fifteen dollars from each of us (visa fee) and let us through, no strings, no hassles. Wish we could say the same thing about the parking lot! TOUTS. Left right and centre. Grrrrrrr. We could feel the desparation in the air of those wanting to make a profit off the tourists.
We took a deep breathe and they (touts) were gone.
Hello, ...
The ins and outs of Maadi feat. flipflops
... the street, but horrifyingly the team say we can approach people in english as they'll understand perfectly well. They're right. Having spent a morning being the englishman I'm doing a degree so as not to be, I realise I'll need to get away from these adept Maadian english speakers whilst I make my first blunders into arabic...
We return home to the news on TV of the Beirut bombing, not only in the city where a proportion of our ...
Soror Ambassador for October! Walta Sue Dodd
Soror Dodd is no novice to international travel! I know you will be as excited as I when you read about just one of the three fascinating trips she shared.
A revered Delta Dear, Walta's line started with 18 but only three ladies were initiated in 1964!
She journeyed to Egypt for a vacation in 1998 and recommends you take in the following, should you choose to visit: The Egyptian ...
A little help
... grins and looks constantly happy and I’ve never felt so welcome in a stranger’s house in my entire life as I have there. I honestly felt like they enjoyed my presence and were 100% happy about having me there.
After talking for a bit with Ahmed and May they told me to go and lie down for a while and get some rest. Brushing them off I promised that I was okay but after more insisting by Mrs Mostafa I gave up and thought “Okay well I’ll just lie down ...
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