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  • Michael and Helen CookEgypt
    Day 4

    Food tour

    April 26 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    We had a fun time yesterday exploring some Egyptian food on a walking food tour. Here we tried many local dishes (see captions for details) whilst hearing about how they are made and some of the history behind them. We did pass on the fried cows brain - didn’t really want Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease as a souvenir! Very tasty, my favourites were the falafel (made with fava beans rather than chickpeas) and Michael’s was Koshary. This is Egypt’s national dish made with pasta, lentils, fried onions and tomato sauce. This place we ate at is the most popular in Cairo and the owner a bit of a local hero. He started his business from the cart in the picture. Lots of dessert too, the Egyptians seem to have a sweet tooth.Read more

  • TravelerSteinreich in Ägypten
    2
    1
    Day 7

    Letzter Tag Kairo

    April 4 in Egypt ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    Letzter Tag in Kairo – ganz anders als gedacht

    Heute war der große Abschied: Ich habe Alexeja zum Flughafen gebracht. Ein bisschen traurig war ich schon - hatte meinen Chef nach einer Urlaubsverlängerung gefragt. Es gab weder ein Ja noch ein Nein. Na ja… is wie et is. Danach saß ich erstmal alleine im Auto und dachte: „Okay, was jetzt?“ Aber Kairo hatte offenbar noch ein Ass im Ärmel.

    Unser Fahrer – sowieso schon eine richtig sympathischer Typ - hat mich ganz spontan gefragt, ob ich Lust hätte, noch sein Kairo kennenzulernen. Und ehe ich’s richtig realisiert habe, saß ich bei ihm zu Hause auf dem Sofa! Plötzlich war ich mitten in seiner Familie – seine Frau, seine einjährige Tochter und sogar der Onkel waren da. Ich wurde empfangen, als gehörte ich schon immer dazu. Es gab ein unfassbar leckeres, selbstgekochtes Essen (ich habe mich ernsthaft gefragt, ob ich heimlich adoptiert wurde), es wurde gelacht, gegessen und einfach ganz viel Wärme geteilt.

    Nach dem Essen bin ich dann mit seiner Frau ins alte Ägyptische Museum gegangen. Und da stand sie plötzlich vor mir: Die Maske von Tutanchamun. Ich hab fast vergessen zu blinzeln. So viel Gold! So viel Geschichte! Und ich mittendrin, mit offener Kinnlade und leuchtenden Augen.

    Und als ob das noch nicht genug gewesen wäre, ging’s danach in eine Art „Pharao-Phantasialand“ – eine Mischung aus Freizeitpark, Show und Zeitreise. Überall Pyramiden, Sphinx-Kulissen, Tänzer in Pharaonen-Kostümen, und ich hab nur noch gedacht: Wo bin ich hier eigentlich reingeraten – und warum ist es so cool?!

    Dieser letzte Tag war völlig ungeplant, total verrückt – und wieder so richtig Marion like. Ich habe Kairo nochmal auf eine ganz andere, persönliche Art erlebt. Nicht nur als Tourist, sondern als willkommener Gast. Und genau das werde ich nie vergessen.    Read more

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  • TravelerEgypt & Türkiye
    Day 2

    Hello Cairo

    September 26, 2024 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

    It took all of 30 seconds to realise we had made the best decision ever to book our Egyptian adventure with Intrepid. We met with our transfer guy outside the gate at the airport and he sorted our visa, literally whisked us through immigration by taking us through the Diplomatic entry and had us at baggage claim in less than 5 minutes. So impressive!!!
    Jim’s bag came out in the first minute and after a small panic, (with the conveyor belt stopping for 15 minutes and imagining myself wearing golf shirts & black shorts for the next few weeks), mine finally arrived. Phew!!
    That’s when the REAL adventure began. Our transfer to the hotel.
    With 23 million people living in Cairo alone and it being a city of cars, not scooters or bikes, the traffic was insane.
    Lane markings appear to be purely decorative and we didn’t see a traffic light. What we did see was close encounters of all kinds, people casually strolling across what I thought was a highway, people jumping out of cars in the middle of traffic (like entire families), and new ones jumping in and even buses reversing down packed exit ramps. However it all just seems to work! Also meandering through the traffic are street cleaners with brooms keeping all the roads very neat and tidy.
    After nearly 36 hours door to door, we checked into our hotel and wandered to the restaurant next door. It smelled quite lovely which I discovered was due to all the shishas being smoked everywhere. We may try one but now we are quite tired.
    We met a lovely Egyptian man, Tommy who owned the restaurant. He sat and explained a lot of stuff to us - where to get bottled water for locals prices (Cairo apparently has local prices and tourist prices); in fact after dinner he walked us to the “fixed price supermarket “ where we stocked up on water for 10c a bottle and a few other snacks.
    Exhausted we fell into bed at about 9pm ready to explore this phenomenal city tomorrow. Our actual tour begins on Sunday.    Read more

  • TravelerEgypt & Morocco
    1
    Day 15

    And more Cairo

    May 3, 2024 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

    Our ride, Mohammed, picked us up and we headed off to Sakkara. This is where the step pyramid- the oldest of them all - is located. The whole complex is enormous with the site being excavated. We went from there to the Red pyramid, which we were able to go inside. It was hard work but well worth it. The ceiling in the chamber was magnificent. Then off to the Bent pyramid, because it had to be finished early as its planned occupant was dying. It was even harder work to get into this, but its inside was nowhere near as exciting. Definitely got my steps up today. From there, we went to a carpet training school where they showed us how they make carpet and train future carpet makers. Then back to Cairo for Koshari (a traditional Egyptian dish) for tea. Delivery was an option 😊Read more

  • TravelerEuro Year
    Day 170

    First day in cairo

    October 24, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

    When we first landed in Cairo it looked like tatooine from starwars, there was fog everywhere and everything was a muted yellow brown colour. Our flight took most of the night and morning so we hadn't slept and were extremely tired but didn't want to ruin our sleep schedules so we spent the rest of the day roaming around downtown cairo. My first impressions are that the people and traffic are quite chaotic and visually the city is very homogeneous. All the buildings are the same colour and style, it kinda seems like instead of hiring an architect all the builders just get told to copy whatever the building on the other side of the street looks like. Lunch was delicious, I had a curry and creamed rice and then went to bed at 6 :).Read more

  • Adventure Couple AustriaÄgypten-Hurghada 🇪🇬
    Day 6

    Bootsausflug am Nil

    April 29 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Die Kairotour beinhaltet auch eine kleine Bootstour am Nil. Nilkrokodile kann man leider nur mehr oberhalb des Assuanstaudammes sehen.
    Trotzdem war es sehr interessant die Stadt von Nil aus zu erkunden.Read more

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  • Adventure Couple AustriaÄgypten-Hurghada 🇪🇬
    Day 6

    Ägyptisches Museum

    April 29 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Nach der Altstadt waren wir im (Alten) Ägyptischen Museum. Das neue soll im Juli eröffnet werden. Es enthält Objekte aus verschiedenen Epochen der altägyptischen Kultur und Geschichte. Natürlich konnten wir uns nur einen Bruchteil anschauen, aber es war trotzdem mega interessant! Vor allem die Mumien und mumifizierten Tiere sind einen Besuch wert 🤗Read more

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  • Adventure Couple AustriaÄgypten-Hurghada 🇪🇬
    Day 6

    Die Altstadt

    April 29 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Unsere erste Station war eine besondere Straße in der Altstadt. Diese Straße ist geprägt von vielen Geschäften aller Art. Geschäfte des täglichen Bedarfs, Kleidung, Schmuck und Restaurants und Cafés. Als wir dort waren, waren noch die meisten geschlossen, aber die Schulkinder (alle in Uniform um deren Wohlstand zu verheimlichen) waren alle schon am Weg in die Schule.Read more

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  • TravelerAlla scoperta dell'Egitto
    Day 13

    Cairo

    April 23 in Egypt ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Arriviamo al Cairo alle 7 di mattina puntualissimi, prendiamo un taxi che ci porta al nostro ostello, scesi dal taxi ci troviamo un po' spaesati il palazzo è fatiscente, il portone è spalancato, tutto sembra impolverato, non troviamo nessuna insegna siamo spaventati che dia un fake anche se è impossibile avendo prenotato tramite booking, finalmente troviamo sul citofono il nome dell'ostello e saliamo al secondo piano, si apre la porta un ingresso molto accogliente, facendo due parole con un ragazzo del Katar ed una coppia italiana, decidiamo di ordinare la colazione e una volta terminata decidiamo di visitare il museo egizio che conserva tutto il tesoro trovato nella tomba di Tutankhamon, rimaniamo abbagliati dalla maschera funeraria in ora tutta decorata di turchesi lapislazzuli è qualcosa di incredibile, i lineamenti del faraone sono cesellati in maniera così raffinata che sembra di osservare Tutankhamon dal vivo, sono presenti anchd i due sarcofagi dorati trovati nella tomba , i gioielli incredibili e diversi suppellettili finemente cesellati, troni in legno decorati con avorio , terminiamo la visita del museo soddisfatto di averlo visitato e torniamo all'ostello per docciarci e rilassarci due ore, ci addormentiamo all'istante . Verso ripartiamo per la scoperta della città vediamo la moschea che più che un moschea dall'esterno sembra un'espugnabile fortezza medievale , percorriamo una strada in discesa fotografando attimi di vita quotidiana del Cairo . Con il taxi andiamo a mangiare al Falafel ristorante carino ma si respira un non so che di turistico , andiamo per due ore a girovagare senza meta al suk un enorme mercato dentro una cittadella fortificata , c'è di tutto però notiamo che gli ambulanti al Cairo non sono insistenti. Il traffico cittadino è incredibile, attraversare la strada diventa una sfida diverse volte cerchiamo di partire insieme ai locali che si insinuano dentro il traffico come una danza , guidano in maniera incredibile continuano a suonare il clacson per farsi dare la precedenza non rispettano i colori dei semafori e i motociclisti non indossano mai il casco e come minimo portano l'intera famiglia su due ruote . È davvero divertente osservare le differenze con l'EuropaRead more

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  • Au rythme du vent
    Day 208–214

    Les Pyramides et Le Caire

    February 7 in Egypt ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Clou du spectacle pour conclure notre découverte de l'Égypte : la visite du Caire et des impressionnantes pyramides de Gizeh et de Saqqarah !

    Napoléon avait calculé qu’avec les pierres des 107 pyramides d’Égypte, on pourrait construire un mur de 3 mètres de haut sur 30 centimètres de large tout autour de la France. Une estimation qui donne la mesure de l’immensité de ces monuments, édifiés il y a plus de 4 500 ans pour accompagner les rois dans l’au-delà et assurer leur immortalité.

    Quoi de plus symbolique alors qu’une structure triangulaire s’élevant comme un escalier pointant vers le ciel ? C’est précisément l’idée d’Imhotep, architecte de la première pyramide, celle de Saqqarah (vers 2670 av. J.-C.). Ses successeurs perfectionneront ce concept en construisant des pyramides à faces lisses, dont la surface lumineuse brillait sous le soleil.

    La plus célèbre et la plus imposante reste celle de Khéops, sur le site de Gizeh.

    Ainsi s’achève notre voyage à travers l’Égypte, un pays magnifique et unique du bassin méditerranéen, qui ne cesse d’émerveiller par la richesse de son histoire et la diversité de ses paysages.    Read more

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