We had a great 4 days in Cairo, staying near the Pyramids at Giza. This meant we could easily walk to the Pyramids in about 15 minutes. There we met the most aggressive touts ever!!! Just getting the camera out led to photos from 'best scenic point ma'am', camel (almost ) ride and photos, paying the guy for the (unasked for priveledge), very bad argument with gift giving lad, (beware lads bearing gifts), which we had read about on the internet. However we still got caught and Daryl had to give the guy a very bad send off. Apart from that, the Pyramids are an amazing site, The size of the stones moved by those early builders defies logic.
The Sphinx was nearby and even more stunning, despite being eroded.
By the way, I hate camels!!!!! I'm on this one by trickery!!!
We also went on a Nile Dinner Cruise. I was surprised at how wide the river is! The food was good-a buffet with lots of choices. The entertainment was great-belly dancer and a a male dancing dressed in traditional costume who swirle round and round with different layers of skirt above his head. Hard to describe but amazing!!!
The traffic in Cairo is crazy-often 7 lanes of into 5-6 lanes. Lots of tooting. We did observe one rather awful road rage incident.
So great to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteYou look like you and Daryl are having a ball!