Chaotic Cairo

Today was my first experience in Cairo and certainly a day I will
remember. The streets are filled with a natural symphony of honking
horns, pedestrians dodging flying taxis and mopeds and the sounds of
the dozens of mosques in the background. We started our day sorting
through the downtown Egyptian museum, a place with stones and
artifacts up to 4 thousand years old!
For those of you traveling into Cairo, I do not think a museum guide
is necessary as it is easy to navigate your way through and still get
a strong feeling for it's history. Even within the halls of the museum
we were getting haggled by Egyptian guides for their "good rate."
After being overwhelmed by the museum, we ventured to the streets,
where the real Cairo is truly felt.
We met a local student who took us to the back alley falafel store
where we got 14 half pita/baba-ganoush/falafel sandwiches for a
whopping 15 pound. (a little less than 3 us dollars. These are the
places I love as it's the true food of the locals at their prices and
it's so much better than any touristy restaurant!



Following our incredible lunch we took to the streets of markets and
bazaars!
The city continued to amaze me with very friendly Arabic individuals
who after a short eye stare always came forward with a smile.
A few women even tried to set us up with their daughters by saying
" u go with her!"
We politely smiled and answered "la chokrun" meaning no thank you.
The offer was friendly, half sincere, but my heart still is fond for
the non Arabic women. Even though, with their full shawls, the
Egyptian women do have quite a style with their clothes, when often I
can only see their eyes...

So tomorrow our adventures head to the pyramids of Giza, one of the
true architectural marvels of the world...
A blessed day to each of you who enjoy reading through my travels!