Rule #1: Protection and worship go hand in hand Today, we get up really late (11am). After a “morning” of fruits, croissants, TV, and the Google, Khaled arrives to take us out for what will end up being a day of immersion into the Egyptian way of life. At 2pm, we hop in the midnight blue Jeep Liberty, our pimped out ride for Cairo, complete with driver (Khaled), captain and first officer (Tito Armando and Tita Marie), and gringo passengers (us). The first stop is the home to Cairo’s rulers for almost 700 years, The Citadel (Al-Qalaa). Sitting on a hill, it provides spectacular views of the city and the Nile. From almost anywhere in the city, you can see the 19th century Mosque of Mohamed Ali—and no, I’m not talking about Cassius Clay—that dwarfs everything.
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