Today we set out to find the central market in Cairo. All of these Asian cities have one==usually a many block square area with all kinds of shops, some retail, some wholesale, and usually divided up into sections depending upon what is being sold. All of the textiles, for instance are in one section. Then all of the produce, the leather goods, electrical equipment and so on. Getting to the market involves a taxi ride, and Cairo's taxi fleet is probably the worst looking, most beat up, run down bunch of taxis I have ever seen. A ride across town costs about $2.00. Of course there are no seat belts. The driver, smoking a cigeratte, cleaning his sunglasses, drinking a soda and talking on the cel phone is driving in a lane he just created
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