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January 5, 2004

Cairo: Egyptian Museum (Tutankhamen), Coptic Cairo, City of the Dead, Mosque of Qaytbay, Khan-al-Khalili, Restaurant Felfela

Filed under: Cairo — Wendy @ 3:34 pm

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.
In order to get into the museum, it is first necessary ... (read more →)

Back in Cairo

Filed under: Cairo — Wendy @ 3:31 pm

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. When we objected and offered the local rate, it was accepted, and as ... (read more →)