During boarding of our flight from New York to Cairo, we were struck by the number of Muslim women wearing very colorful head scarfs and gowns. Later in the flight we realized most of them have several little children with them who were adding life and energy to life on the plane. Note Jacob taking a photo from inside the transit bus (this is on the tarmac in Cairo).
Traffic in Cairo is a scream. It doesn't matter the time of day, there are a million cars, vans, trucks, horse and doney carts, etc. on the road, and it is a free for all. There is usually about one inch seperating the vehicles and the name of the game seems to be to honk your horn randomly and act like you are cutting off any merging vehicles, but then allow them to slide in at the last nano-second. Did I mention pedestrians? They crossed this madness by not making eye contact with any drivers and walking steadily across the street. The vehicles come very very close to pedestrians but still avoid them. In all our time being driven in Egypt we did not see any collisions.
This is a fruit stand (obviously) and the variety is impressive. Fruit is sold by weight. On our last day in Cairo Jacob finally got to buy some fruit with the help of our guide.
This is the view from our hotel room window of the crazy major intersection with no traffic light and one little policeman "directing". If sound was provided here you would hear a symphony of honks.
Sunset behind the pyramids, taken from our restaurant our first night in Cairo.
Taken from our hotel room window, a truck full of camels. Destination unknown.
Security outside the pyramid complex. The white coated "tourism police" were everywhere. There were a number of security "gestures", such as metal detectors everywhere, but there never seemed to be anyone paying attention to the detectors or even the bag scanners. We were assured that these machines were being operated properly and if anyone tried to get in with a knife or a gun, they would be caught.
Craig and Jacob stand on the first level of the Great Pyramid. It was near this spot where we entered the shaft and climbed up inside the pyramid to the burial chamber.
Traffic in Cairo is a scream. It doesn't matter the time of day, there are a million cars, vans, trucks, horse and doney carts, etc. on the road, and it is a free for all. There is usually about one inch seperating the vehicles and the name of the game seems to be to honk your horn randomly and act like you are cutting off any merging vehicles, but then allow them to slide in at the last nano-second. Did I mention pedestrians? They crossed this madness by not making eye contact with any drivers and walking steadily across the street. The vehicles come very very close to pedestrians but still avoid them. In all our time being driven in Egypt we did not see any collisions.
This is a fruit stand (obviously) and the variety is impressive. Fruit is sold by weight. On our last day in Cairo Jacob finally got to buy some fruit with the help of our guide.
This is the view from our hotel room window of the crazy major intersection with no traffic light and one little policeman "directing". If sound was provided here you would hear a symphony of honks.
Sunset behind the pyramids, taken from our restaurant our first night in Cairo.
Taken from our hotel room window, a truck full of camels. Destination unknown.
Security outside the pyramid complex. The white coated "tourism police" were everywhere. There were a number of security "gestures", such as metal detectors everywhere, but there never seemed to be anyone paying attention to the detectors or even the bag scanners. We were assured that these machines were being operated properly and if anyone tried to get in with a knife or a gun, they would be caught.
Craig and Jacob stand on the first level of the Great Pyramid. It was near this spot where we entered the shaft and climbed up inside the pyramid to the burial chamber.
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