Had taken the night train to Cairo. Much different than the Tibet experience. At least we had our own space and everything ran smoothly.
Saw the city at dawn as it was waking up to the hustle and bustle. More drama with the taxi driver on the agreed price to our guesthouse but it's becoming par the course here.
Next day went to national museum which is worth the hype if you are a history buff or even mildly curious as to some of what has survived and how things were in antiquity. After more pressure to buy perfumes and the like we detoured to the Muslim quarter and its streets full of mosques and shops. Left the Christian quarter for another day.
It is probably directly related to the fall off in tourism as a result of the uprising but the people generally are more persistent than anywhere else we've been to date. Our guesthouse manager had a more relaxed take on the revolution. "You can go to Tahrir square and change anything now,
Had to relax some more and ended proceedings of course with more Karkadey and Cane Juice. Excelente!!
Saw the city at dawn as it was waking up to the hustle and bustle. More drama with the taxi driver on the agreed price to our guesthouse but it's becoming par the course here.
Next day went to national museum which is worth the hype if you are a history buff or even mildly curious as to some of what has survived and how things were in antiquity. After more pressure to buy perfumes and the like we detoured to the Muslim quarter and its streets full of mosques and shops. Left the Christian quarter for another day.
It is probably directly related to the fall off in tourism as a result of the uprising but the people generally are more persistent than anywhere else we've been to date. Our guesthouse manager had a more relaxed take on the revolution. "You can go to Tahrir square and change anything now,
Had to relax some more and ended proceedings of course with more Karkadey and Cane Juice. Excelente!!
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