My words won't do justice to describing Cairo but I'll at least attempt to sum up what we've experienced today. This is a city of chaos, mayhem, extremes, eclectic architecture, smog, dust and stifling heat. The traffic is manic; I can't perceive any real road rules - even red lights aren't adhered to. We've been in a half dozen taxis and in every one of them we've feared for our lives! After one near-crash, Dan said 'I guess we should be wearing seat belts' to which I replied 'there aren't any'. We arrived in the early hours of the morning after our plane landed at about 1am. The flight from Heathrow took five hours, and I spent two hours of it chatting to the girl sitting next to me. She was an Egyptian who has been
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