We have been a week in Cairo and will be taking a 12hour train to Aswan tonight. Cairo is a bustling place and Downtown Cairo where we have been staying is particularly busy - like pre-Christmas week on Oxford St all over again, but this is 24/7! And the traffic...sheesh, complete madness. No one stops at traffic lights and the weirder thing is nobody switches on their headlights in the evening, or if they do, they keep it on very low. We are not sure if there is a law against switching on your headlights or maybe they think they can give their car that little bit more oomph by not using their lights. Most of the cars look like they are on the cusp of expiring so our theory may be closer to the truth
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