I had a driver arranged for LE160. He picked me up at 8.30 and stopped at a felafel place for breakfast. Fresh felafel are delicious. He dropped me at a horse stable, where the man tried to make me hire a horse. ‘It’s 12km around the whole area!’ To the very furthest objects, perhaps, but [...]
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Cairo Day 4 – The Pyramids!!!!
Posted by dkendon on September 3, 2011
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Cairo Day 3
The hostel breakfast was bread, an egg, cream cheese and jam. Almost enough to sustain me. I took the Metro to the Coptic district. The Coptic Museum charges LE50. It’s ok – some carvings, textiles, texts, and religious implements. I didn’t find the area that interesting – perhaps I missed a section. It didn’t [...]
Posted by dkendon on September 2, 2011
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Cairo Day 2
The heat in Egypt is a more pleasant dry heat. I went for an early morning run and the temperature wasn’t bad at all. However it was Eid so I had to go around all the crowds at 6am, and every Egyptian ‘man’ thinks he can say whatever he likes to a woman, and the [...]
Posted by dkendon on September 2, 2011
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From Delhi to Cairo
I knew I’d have to fill in a day while lugging my luggage around Delhi, so I started with an early morning run. Everyone looks at you when you run in India. To cool down I did some concentrated tv watching then went to the cheap backpacker district near New Delhi train station. When I [...]
Posted by dkendon on September 2, 2011
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