Wake Up and Smell the Cairo
October 30th 2005 To say that Cairo is chaotic and overwhelming is an understatement. Noisy, crowded, dirty, aggressive, claustrophobic, and intrusive all apply to this city that's home to 20 million people--1/3 of Egypt's entire population.
From the moment we stepped out of our hostel on the first day, we felt as if we'd entered a different world. Here the streets are shared by taxis, pedestrians, stray cats,
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