Contents Cairo Pyramids and Cairo Outskirts
View from the hotel by day
Bus information in Arabic
Because I don’t know how to read Arabic, I gave the buses a miss!
Unattractive Hilton hotel I stayed at
Downtown, Cairo
Many of Cairo’s buildings look like they once enjoyed a period of grace and flair, but today, it seems that neglect and pollution have got the better of them.
Downtown, Cairo
All traffic permitted!
Dilapidated hotel
Sad remains of the Eden Palace Hotel.
Enjoying the sun and smoking sheesha
Fruit vendor
Rough looking street
I nearly got hit by a tumbling block of concrete from workmen nearby
Where the concrete block fell from!
Mosque of Al-Hakim, Islamic Cairo
Mosque of Al-Hakim, Islamic Cairo
Mosque of Al-Hakim, Islamic Cairo
In Islamic Cairo
In Islamic Cairo
Boy and cat in Islamic Cairo
Shopkeepers in Islamic Cairo
I was invited for coffee and sheesha later that evening with them.
Narrow street in Islamic Cairo
El Fishawy Café
Famous for its coffee and sheesha smoking.
Me smoking a sheesha
Thick coffee served at El Fishawy Café
Colourful bags of spices
Heavily advert-laden buildings
The Egyptian Museum
Ornate buildings near riverfront
Clutter of billboards over buildings
Taking a sunset Nile River boat trip
Cairo at sunset
Cairo at sunset
Cairo at sunset
Dinner in surburbian café
View from the hotel by night
Islamic Cairo at night
Islamic Cairo at night
Islamic Cairo at night
Time for a snack!
Glassware for sale
Onyx and alabaster
Me holding an alabaster vase