City of a thousand mosques

Chaotic Cairo

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December 4th 2008
Day 235 After a very chilly bus ride we arrived in Cairo, two hours earlier than expected. Not 100% sure where we were we jumped in a taxi and headed for Downtown Cairo. Cairo is the craziest, most polluted and hectic city we've been in beating Beijing and Bangkok hands down. Searching for a cheap room we landed at Lialy Hostel (80 Egyptian Pounds including breaky.) We had to wait a couple hours ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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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