We have spent today walking round Cairo looking at lots of Mosques, shabils, mausoleums, markets and looking at life in the very oldest part of Cairo.
We have crossed lots of roads,( hence the title) and are begining to get the hang of this death defying business, once or twice we have managed a road all on our own, with out the protective shield of a bunch of locals.
We have seen fantastic feats of cycling. Cycling in this city should mean you are removed from the gene pool fairly quickly, but we have seen young men weaving in and out of the trafic with very large trays of bread balanced on their heads, they move so quickly we havent managed to get a photo of one yet, but we will keep on trying.
After our four hour walking tour of the old city we returned to the hotel for a short feet up and then went to meet our young traveling companions from the day at Wadi Rum, Penny and Corrin. We had a lovely strong Americano coffee in a a European style cafe with them and echanged travel news. They are extremely nice, funny girls, full of verve and a thirst for adventure, so it was a real pleasure to meet them again. When we left we watched them drift across the road like real locals. We have used the Metro though and fathomed out the arabic script.
Tessa
ps sorry for lack of photos but this pc at the hotel does not want to accept the memory card from the camera
We have crossed lots of roads,( hence the title) and are begining to get the hang of this death defying business, once or twice we have managed a road all on our own, with out the protective shield of a bunch of locals.
We have seen fantastic feats of cycling. Cycling in this city should mean you are removed from the gene pool fairly quickly, but we have seen young men weaving in and out of the trafic with very large trays of bread balanced on their heads, they move so quickly we havent managed to get a photo of one yet, but we will keep on trying.
After our four hour walking tour of the old city we returned to the hotel for a short feet up and then went to meet our young traveling companions from the day at Wadi Rum, Penny and Corrin. We had a lovely strong Americano coffee in a a European style cafe with them and echanged travel news. They are extremely nice, funny girls, full of verve and a thirst for adventure, so it was a real pleasure to meet them again. When we left we watched them drift across the road like real locals. We have used the Metro though and fathomed out the arabic script.
Tessa
ps sorry for lack of photos but this pc at the hotel does not want to accept the memory card from the camera
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