The Ibn Tulun mosque was very photogenic and was one of our favourite mosques we saw in Egypt. The following day we set out in the morning to explore Islamic Cairo.…
We wandered around looking for a new hotel having left the Berlin Hotel when they switched us to a new room without asking while we were out during the day. When we found the Lotus Hotel, a member of the ‘hotel staff’ followed us up to the reception.…
The hotel we had tried to book in advance, the Berlin Hotel , refused to give us a reservation unless they personally picked us up at the airport to guarantee we would keep our reservation, and also to avoid taxi drivers demanding a ‘finders fee’ for bringing us to their h
Local ferry crossing to the West Bank, Luxor The next day we woke up early and headed back to the West Bank. Although we’d visited it already on our “tour” with Hamis Travel, we wanted to head back and actually see some things.…