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Fun Photo Friday — Cairo Favorites 6; Finishing with Cairo

Cairo Color

Time for one last look at Cairo before we head south to Aswan:

It’s Nap Time, Doggonit! Pickled Rainbow Minaret Silhouette A Refreshing Pause Everything’s Just Ducky. Why Do You Ask? Rickety Ladder Cairo Laundry

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Cairo — The Sights, The Sounds, The Traffic! The Tuk-Tuk Transit of Total Terror

Khayamiya Tentmakers Souk

The problem with traveling through the bazaars along the pedestrian streets of Cairo is that you eventually run out of pedestrian streets in Cairo. That dumps you onto a frenzied world of motorized mayhem in which the First Rule of the Road is that there are No Rules of the Road.

When it comes to traffic laws, something smells fishy here

Question: What defect totals a car in Cairo?

Cairo above the streets

Answer: An inoperable horn.

Mosque-Madrasa of Sul...

Cairo — Walking the Streets; More Khayamiya

In the Khayamiya Tentmakers Souk

Today I’m going to continue with something I began last Wednesday, a look at the sights in the Khayamiya Tentmakers Souk (Bazaar), otherwise known as the Khayamiya Cloth Souk. The location is within easy walking distance of the previously covered Khan el-Khalili Souk (Bazaar) and is just south of the southernmost gate in the wall surrounding Historic Cairo, the Bab Zuwayla:

Bab Zuwayla Gate, Historic Cairo area

As you head south from the Bab Zuwayla gate,...

Fun Food Friday — Mar Charbel Hotel Restaurant

Fun Food Friday — Mar Charbel Hotel Restaurant

Be careful where you eat in Cairo. That’s no joke. When we took our children there in 1984, three out of the four of us got a severe case of Imhotep’s Revenge. From a salad bar, of all things. Making matters worse, there is only one toilet in a hotel room. First come, first served, and knocking on the door gets you nowhere. When you gotta go, you gotta runs, so to speak. By the way, did you know that diarrhea is hereditary? It runs in the jeans.

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Cairo — Walking the Streets; El-Khayamiya Cloth (Tentmakers) Souk

El-KhayamiyaTentmakers Souk

Within easy walking distance of the Khan el-Khalili Souk is the El-Khayamiya Tentmakers Souk. As you approach El-Khayamiya, if you’re on foot from Khan el-Khalili Souk, you’ll pass through Bab Zuwayla, one of Old Cairo’s three remaining gates within the historic city walls. The Bab Zuwayla gate is the southern gate of fortified Cairo, and it dates back to AD 1092.

Bab Zuwayla Gate

And if you want to know the exact foot route between these souks, here it is cou...

Cairo — Walking the Streets; Khan el-Khalili Souk (Bazaar)

Ursula loves souks, the mostly open-air bazaars (markets) in North Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere in the Arabic world. I say mostly because there are exceptions. For instance, in Istanbul I’ve shown you the Grand and Egyptian souks, which are indoor affairs. So, this week and next I’m going to present two Cairo bazaars, beginning today with the Khan el-Khalili Souk.

Mosque near Khan el-Khalili Souk

Now, as one would image, you are never far from a mosque in Old Cairo. And Googe ...

Fun Photo Friday —Cairo Favorites 5

Making Some Dough By Delivering Some Bread

After today only two more Fun Photo/Fun Food Fridays remaining for Cairo:

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Cairo — Grand Egyptian Museum Part 6

Grand Egyptian Museum

As I explained at the beginning of this photo series on the Grand Egyptian Museum (a.k.a., Giza Museum), I’ve be concentrating on just supplying images of what awaits you inside. Today’s article concludes this series on the museum. After this week’s Fun Photo Friday, it’s time to head out onto the streets of Cairo:

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Cairo — Grand Egyptian Museum Part 5

Grand Egyptian Museum

As I explained at the beginning of this photo series on the Grand Egyptian Museum (a.k.a., Giza Museum), I’ll be concentrating on just supplying images of what awaits you inside. The pictures will change daily:

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Fun Photo Friday —Cairo Favorites 4

Great Sphinx, Horses, and Camels

Today I present another Fun Photo Friday of Cairo, Egypt favorites. There remain three more Fun Photo/Fun Food Fridays highlighting Cairo before we move on to our next destination. But before I present today’s photo gallery/slide show, I want to quickly highlight this magnificent Giza view taken from the Grand Egyption Museum:

Great Pyramid (left) and Pyramid of Khafre

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