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Islamic Cairo and the Khan-al-Khalili: Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Rafai Mosque, and the Madrasa of Sultan Hassan, the Citadel, Muhammad Ali Mosque

January 06, 2005
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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.…
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Lotus Hotel, Cairo

January 05, 2005
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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.…
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Berlin Hotel, Cairo

January 05, 2005
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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
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Cairo, Egypt: Victoria Hotel, Dashur pyramids and Memphis, Saqqara, Pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx, Khan al Kalili

December 15, 2004
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We visited Egypt over Christmas 2004. Our vacation started in Cairo, took us to St Catherine’s and Mount Sinai, over to Sharm-el-Sheikh for some snorkeling, then on to Luxor where we had arranged a 4 night Nile River cruise down to Aswan.…
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Cairo: Egyptian Museum (Tutankhamen), Coptic Cairo, City of the Dead, Mosque of Qaytbay, Khan-al-Khalili, Restaurant Felfela

January 05, 2004
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During the day, we had visited the Egyptian Museum. It’s big. Really big. The building itself is pretty plain, and filled to bursting with ancient artifacts. The English labeling is pretty scarce, so make sure you have a good guidebook.…
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Back in Cairo

January 05, 2004
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Arriving in Cairo for our last few days, we headed out of the train station towards the taxi rank for the inevitable fight with the taxi drivers. They wanted to charge us quadruple the local rate to drive us to our hotel.…
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