Written by LAFRAGIA on November 22, 2008
- In February 2008, we journeyed to Egypt and had the opportunity to visit Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel and take a cruise down the Nile River. This land takes your...
Written by jim on July 6, 2004
- On the way to see the State Pyramids at Sakurra, we stopped at a carpet factory at Ensultan. It was a short stop, but one of my favorite sites. You get a tour...
Written by HobWahid on October 1, 2003
- Love it or hate it, Khan el-Khalili is a wonderful paradox in that it is both Cairo’s largest tourist trap after the Pyramids, as well as the heart of Islamic Cairo life, a place packed...
Written by HobWahid on September 29, 2002
- The Cairene taxi is at once a blessing to tourists, but can also be the cause of much frustration. Taxis in Cairo do not use meters, or any fixed system at all. All the taxis...
Written by Ben the Grate on February 28, 2002
- Upon return from my trip, telling people excitedly about climbing Mt. Sinai frequently met with blank stares. I was aghast...
Do people really not know what Mt. Sinai is???
For those of you who slept through...
Written by Ben the Grate on February 27, 2002
- When most well-traveled people think of Egyptian beach resorts, they either think of "Sharm al Sheik" or "Hurghada." But vacationing in either of these cities is more like visiting Las Vegas these days....
Written by Ben the Grate on February 28, 2002
- (This is a wordy entry, but the end contains some very important and practical information, so bear with my wordiness at first! Thanks...)
There are two Egypts.
The first is the Egypt of ancient tombs and stone...
Written by dangaroo on January 13, 2009
- I spent a couple of hours at Cairo International Airport after foolishly underestimating the speed and reliability of a taxi driver that was to take me to the airport from the city centre in the...
Written by dangaroo on January 13, 2009
- Checking internet is not really something you have to worry about in Cairo, there are an endless amount of Internet Cafe's, so many in fact that the problem can be which one to choose rather...
Written by dangaroo on January 13, 2009
- The Stella Bar was a regular haunt of mine during my time in Cairo. It's the kind of place that you normally only read about in old books. Along the busy mainstreet Talaat Harb heading...
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