Room with a View

This is our view from our balcony on the 8th floor of the Ishmalia House Hotel. For 9 bucks a night we get a view of the Antiqueties Museum (the roundish building), the Citadel (not in the picture), and the bustling Midan Tahir. We even get breakfast!


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Egyptian  Flag The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... [read more]
Blog: The Worlds Oldest Tourist Attraction
Date: April 8th 2006

Welcome to Egypt

We have made it to the bustling streets of Cairo. All the horror stories of Cairo that I have heard in my research of this place have been so very, very wrong. This is a wonderful city. Even before landing the flight steward on our flight in (on a brand new plane that was nearly empty, which made it very cushy) offered to give us lift into town. We landed after 5:00 an ... read more







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