Cairo Travel Blogs - Page 6

Arabic weekend is Friday and Saturday so it's "thank allah it's thursday...TAIT!" After a crazy day and I'm sure the last time at the great pyramids of Giza, for this trip anyway, an Austrian PhD student, Patrick and I decided to take a walking tour of local mosques in a very old Egyptian (bit redu…

I lived with a family for a while in Cairo, Egypt. The mother taught me Arabic (Masri style) and I also learned from the rest of the family. This was one of the most "real to life" trips I have been on.

On the way back from the Gulf, as the ship passed through the Suez canal, I had the opportunity to visit the pyramids at Giza. I was really looking forward to this as anybody would.  But... and I really dont want to say this, I was disappointed.  Why?, I dont really know.  I must be …

My second day in Cairo. The locals call the city Masr. It was a wonderful day, but it was also the hardest day I ever had on a trip!It must have been the sudden heat and the crowdedness of Cairo, for halfway the morning I simply broke down. I felt a terrible weakness emptying my body of all energy.…

Today we visited the pyramids of Giza, the day started well we even mastered the hectic Cairo bus system spending 4EGP on the bus rather than 150EGP on a private taxi like most tourists, so I was a happy bunny. Claire was laughing at my Arabic attempts, that audio disk i downloaded didnt entirely s…

Really regret that I didn't have much time to spend exploring this unique city. Cairo is not one of the best city, but it has something, some old sense and long histories, so when you walked down to its road, you can feel that thsi road has been there since thousands years ago (hmm.. maybe some hal…

Back in Cairo.  This is the very last day in Egypt and we are taking it a bit easy since we are sleep deprived and have a full night of travel ahead of us.  The next time you read this we will be in Tanzania! So, Dahab was a wonderful place to chill out for a bit.  Very small town f…

Back from Cairo. Seen the Feluccas on the Nile.   Stayed in Midan Tahrir. Crossed the roads when the traffic stopped for 1 donkey cart.   Took the bus to see the Pyramids of Giza. Bus-sick.   Entered the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Stolen some sand/stones from the ground. They …

08:15 uur. Onze eigen wekker loopt af zodat de wake-up van 08:30 voor zijn. In onze toiletpot zit een pijpje dat gevaarlijk omhoog wijst. Nettert vertelt tijdens het ontbijt dat dat overal zo is in Egypte en dat dit de vervanging van ons wc papier is. Rond 09:50 houdt Nettert zijn informatie praatj…

The agenda for our first day was quite hectic. Visit the Pyramids in the morning - a must! Then wander the Antiquities Museum around lunchtime, another unmissable attraction, and finally take a trip to the Citadel of Saladin in the afternoon. A lot to see in one go, but with only two full days in t…

Got into central Cairo last Tuesday and I'm loving the travelling and the people I've met so far!Firstly I got the plane from Birmingham UK to Frankfurt Germany. The Frankfurt airport wasn't that nice, in fact it was shit. When I first arrived at the airport I thought I'll look around for a coffee …

It started off as a trip to Germany to catch the tail of Oktoberfest, led to an adventure through Slovenia's beautiful autumn-tinted forests, road trips to Italy, with a finale in Cairo, and the best part, all in 9 days!

places i have travelled so far..

Had a great time in Cairo. Met a great guy my first TB and he was fantastic. He took us out a few times and the last day he took time off work to vist the Pyramids. Many Thanks Micheal...Miss you loads but will see you next year.

fantastic history & culture