TravBuddy.com: marcelfahle's Cairo 2008 travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/32161 We spent a long weekend in Cairo, our first hit on the afrcian continent. en-us Wed, 14 May 2008 01:34:08 PST The egyptian museum + trip conclusion http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/32161/egyptian-museum-trip-conclusion-6 Wed, 14 May 2008 01:34:08 PST The egyptian museum + trip conclusion Cairo, Egypt, May 14, 2008

On our last day in Cairo we went to the Egyptian Museum, right around the corner of our Hotel. It was full of people but not as busy as expected. We …

]]> It's Belly Dance time http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/32161/Belly-Dance-time-5 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:25:39 PST It's Belly Dance time Cairo, Egypt, May 12, 2008

Tonight we wanted to check out some Belly-dance. For this we’ve chosen the Seramiris InterContinental, where the famous Dina is dancing (one of the…

]]> Very good, very cheap and very Cairo http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/32161/Very-good-very-cheap-very-Cairo-4 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:19:08 PST Very good, very cheap and very Cairo Cairo, Egypt, May 11, 2008

After our visit of Al-Azhar Mosque, we took the underground shortcut over to Midan Hussein, the place in front of the Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein a…

]]> Islamic Cairo http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/32161/Very-good-very-cheap-very-Cairo-4 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:10:49 PST Islamic Cairo Cairo, Egypt, May 11, 2008

After having a nice breakfast in a western-style café in downtown, we took a cab to islamic cairo, to the Mosque & School of Sultan Hassan, right be…

]]> The Scam and the Pyramids http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/32161/Scam-Pyramids-3 Sat, 10 May 2008 22:39:23 PST The Scam and the Pyramids Giza, Egypt, May 10, 2008

So, today we’ve started after just four hours of sleep to the Pyramids of Giza. Because we’re in a rush on this trip (just three full days), we t…

]]> Arrived in Cairo http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/32161/very-nice-dinner-Sabaya-2 Sat, 10 May 2008 22:35:42 PST Arrived in Cairo Cairo, Egypt, May 10, 2008

So, we finally arrived in Cairo at 2:15am. After getting our Visas we grabbed our stuff and headed outside, were the friendly guys from the hotel wer…

]]> A very nice dinner at Sabaya http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/32161/very-nice-dinner-Sabaya-2 Sat, 10 May 2008 23:05:14 PST A very nice dinner at Sabaya Cairo, Egypt, May 10, 2008

After our Desert Adventure we had to take a little nap and got up at 8pm - dinner time.We got ready and headed to the Semiramis InterContinental hote…

]]> Cairo 2008 http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/32161/Cairo-2008-1 Fri, 09 May 2008 22:33:38 PST Cairo 2008 Cologne, Germany, May 09, 2008

Today we started onto a new adventure. This time we’ve chosen the egyptian capital cairo as the place to go. Due to an official holiday here in ger…

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