Last day in Cairo

Trip Start May 13, 2008
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Trip End Jun 26, 2008


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Friday, May 23, 2008

It was hard to wake up this morning to the man knocking on the door to serve us breakfast. We didn't want the gross train food and we were just so tired from the day before. We got up eventually and made it off the train for our final day in Cairo. We got to see two Mosks and Shirriff demonstrated to us how Muslims wash and pray 5 times a day.  The mosque was beautiful and of course we took lots of pictures.  We also had to remove our shoes before entering the mosque!

The second mosque we went to was the citidel and it was more of a tourist location with a lot more people visiting as opposed to the first one which was where the everyday person went to pray.  In this one we had to have our elbows covered so they gave us a cloak to cover up with.  It was massive inside and very beautiful with marble floors and alabaster walls.

Our next stop was the bazaar where we could get some end-of-the-trip souvenirs. We perfected 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 call to pray which is normally ignored except on Fridays, their holy day!  Then it was back to the Oasis hotel for a relaxing afternoon in the pool.  We had a big farewell buffet and played a few last drinking games as some of our friends had to leave that night for their flights.  It was sad to see them go, but we were just about ready to go to Greece!
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