Cairo Travel Blogs - Page 5

Today we had arranged for a tour of the Coptic Cairo area and the Citadel area. After an early wake up call and breakfast we met our guide 'Iman' in recetion and before long we were back out on the road heading south of the city centre to the oldest part of Cairo, the Coptic (Christi…

  We surveyed the area to see where the guards were. To ensure at least one of us reached the top, Scott chose the north side for the climb; I, the west. On tip-toes, we planted our butts onto a limestone ledge, lifted ourselves onto it, then repeated the process - almost like climbing a stee…

Trip to cairo

Cairo, Shark's Bay, Sinai etc.

A CRUISE ON THE NILE RIVER..... :) Cairo (Arabic: Al-Qāhirah), which means "the Victorious" or "the Triumphant", is the capital and largest city of Egypt. It is the Arab World and Africa's most populous city.While Al-Qahirah is the official name of the city, in Egyptian Arabic it is called b…

Just some photos from my travels!

Ed, Mariel and I came into Cairo by bus after the dramas of the Tombs of Beni Hasan and the dangers of Minya.  I guess I had a sense of regret arriving here because in the short 14 days of my stay in Egypt I'd met some terrific people and made three good friends.The bus was hot and dusty so I …

I ve been living in Cairo for 5 months and here is the some photos i ve taken.

A quick 4 day trip to Cairo, not nearly enough time to experience Egypt, but it was all I had! Spent a couple nights in the Hilton Golf Resort about 45 minutes outside of Cairo, nice place, relaxing, nice pool. Then I moved into the city and stayed at the Giza Hotel, not far from the Pyramids. Decent place, nice pool!

When I saw that the cheapest way home from Israel was to fly through Cairo, I jumped at the chance to go to visit the Land of the Pharaohs. I have always dreamt of seeing the pyramids. When ever there was nothing on tv I would always switch over to The Discovery Channel and sure enough they would b…

A What? An all expense paid vacation to Egypt? Do I want it? Hell yes!!! So, it began on the night of 9th June 2008, Monday, we (five of us, four from Indonesia and I am the only one from Malaysia) depart Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Cairo with a stop-over at Mumbai for 45 minutes (so …

The trip to Egypt wasn’t my first option for a travel destination that summer to be honest. I planned to visit South Africa with my American friend Eric first, he was supposed to go there for work to attend some conference. He had some contacts there that would be pretty useful. But things don’…

Egypt one of the most interesting places someone can visit i guess,with all this historical places and different combination of African-Arabic-Asian style.

With the April disaster of a missed flight and cancelled holiday ringing loud in my ears, I headed off to the airport full of positive thoughts.  Can’t say I wasn’t nervous or that I hadn’t triple checked everything.  But still I wasn’t going to sit easy until  was warm and s…

Jiyoung and I agreed to share a private taxi with an Australian couple to take in the Pyramids of Giza, Saqqara, and Dahshur. We headed out from the hotel at 8:30 am full of excitement. After crossing over the Nile, we began searching for our first glimpse of the pyramids. I looked to my left and s…