Cairo is basically a very nice place to visit if you are a history lover. So many great and amazing ancient places available for u to dig the story about pharoahs and mummies. The heart of the city is no other than the Nile river. I was 'fortunate' to be given a hotelroom facing that spectacular river. Spectacular not only because it is so big and uncontaminated but also because of the glittering activities happened at night there.
Besides the history of Moses (Nabi Musa) printed on the river, Nile nowadays is very popular of BELLY dancing on river cruises. At night you will see names of big big cruises operating....like THE PHarOAH, Nile Stigma.. plus numbers of small boats.. You could be able to see the dancer on the cruise dancing from the bridge that crossed the river. The bridge was a popular spot where egyptians liked to bring their family for picnic. Do not be suprised!.. Egyptians liked to go out at night for picnic 'cos ...it was colder than the day time. Locals would also like to be in the small boats at the riverside...just to listen to music!
In front of a SPINX
In front of one of the PYRAMIDS
Pyramids and spinx are located at the outskirt of Cairo. U would see three pyramids, the tallest i guess as high as an eight storey building. At the spinx there were a number of small pyramids. At the tallest pyramid, I were given only 5 minutes to look around and take pictures..So, I didn't have time to go inside the pyramid to see where the mummies used to be.. . The was a small passage in the pyramid that led to the place..
The most unpleasant thing happened around the pyramids was some unresponsive locals who liked to take advantage out of tourists naivity about the place. They would offer to take pictures for you for like 2 egypt pounds/shot. Then they would lead you to, as what they said,the more nice views of the pyramids to take more pictures. Of course, they would actually help you take pictures but after that, you were either being charged with an "unbelievable" price or if you were get more"luckier", you could even get robbed.
Money is the most important thing in Egypt 'cos alot of their populations are poor. So, they would do anything to get as much money as they can especially from the tourists. This happened to a guy in my group who bought 4 glass of mango drink, a very common refreshment in Egypt, at a stall . Before buying, the seller told the guy that a glass would cost 3 egypt pounds. The guy gave 20 pounds for the drinks and expected the seller to give back the change of 8 pounds.When he asked, the seller said "NO change" '.....'cos he suddenly raised up the price to 5 pounds for each glass.
At a mediterannean SEA, Alexandria (Iskandariah), Egypt
Alexandria is located at the seaside of a Mediteranean sea which is 2 hours drive up north Cairo. It is supposed to be an old town which a lot of historic buildings at the seaside. But apparently it looks more modern compared to Cairo itself. At the time this photo was taken, a big sport event was on going at the other side of this sea, which was at Athens, Rome.. who can guess..what was it????
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