Khan el-Khalili

  The labyrinthine little walkways and passages of the Khan El-Khalili souqs.  First off though, sensing a strong whiff of tourist incursion from within and around Khan El-Khalili itself I cross the busy Sharia Al-Azhar road on the pedestrian bridge and enter under a grand, slightly decrepit wooden islamic market… Cairo : Market Daze

Todays itinerary was to go to the Egyptian Museum and the Khan el Khalili bazaar in the Islamic quarter. The Egyptian Museum is a ten minute walk from our hotel. We literally stepped onto the bridge across the Nile, barely feet outside the last barricade to our hotel when we were approached by a man who was telling… Hello My Friend, You Are My Friend

Khan el-Khalili ), also used as a bazar. A taxi brought us to the northern gate (or so we thought!) so we could traverse the medina all the way to the south. Quite a walk. But halfway we lost our direction. Somehow, the road didn… Pancakes in Khan el-Khalili

…mosqueFrom the clean grounds of the souq to the broken sidewalks strewn with donkey shit, we took yet another taxi, to the mosque near Khan el Khalili. The taxi driver was very hospitable, slowing down by any site he thought might interest us, and I got a good chance to practice my Egyptian Arabic. More sight-seeing: multiple mosques, to another Khan where we saw slaughtered animal carcasses and streets… 3rd day: Coptic Cairo, Islamic Cairo, another Khan, Citadel, Egyptian Museum, sleeper to Luxor

Khan el Khalili). As we drove through, I was again charmed by Cairo at night. There were just so much more people, families on the street, as we raced by, they became a blur of swirling colors and images. Then we stopped at a nearby… 2nd Day, Pyramids, Camel rides, Khan el Khallili,