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Egyptian Museum Cairo to be renovated

Barbara at the Egyptian Museum
Barbara at the Egyptian Museum
Barbara at the Egyptian Museum

After your Nile Cruise if you add a few days up in Cairo to see The Pyramids, as so many people do, then more than likely you will spend a couple of fascinating hours in Cairo’s Egyptian Museum just off the famous “Tahir Square“, scene of the heaviest protests during both revolutions.

Barbara and I have visited the museum on a number of occasions.

The famous pink building is to be renovated to “return the museum to it’s original status” according to it’s director Mahmoud Halwagy.

It was originally built and I would suggest it is probably one of the most visited museums in the world due to the nature of it’s exhibits. Today it is still a honeypot for tourists visiting the City however it’s interior has seen better days and the whole museum needs to move into the 21st century. Continue reading “Egyptian Museum Cairo to be renovated”

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The Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian Museum

 

The Egyptian Museum Cairo. November 2012.
The Egyptian Museum Cairo. November 2012.

Our great guide, Emad, purchased our tickets for entry to the Museum and at the same time picked up earphones and what I imagine were receivers that we were to wear around our necks so that when we entered the Museum he could ensure that the only commentary we heard was his.

Normally the museum is completely full of visitors and guides and so I it must be very difficult to hear or concentrate on the commentary from you own guide. Today it was still busy but not as busy perhaps as before the Revolution. However we were amazed at how many visitors there were considering it’s considered “quieter than normal;”

As I mentioned before there were visitors from all over the world. From the USA to Australia and lots of countries in between. I suppose the fact the Egypt has such a wonderful heritage means that no matter what sort of upheaval it experiences there will always be travelers who want to see and experience what this marvelous country has to offer.

(I would imagine many of them had chosen a Nile Cruise and Cairo option when they were booking their travel arrangements).

The other reason to ensure that you have earphones and a receiver is be sure that you dont’ get lost and that is you do get caught up and delayed by another group that you can still find your guide.

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Visiting Cairo – Day 2 continued

Visiting Cairo

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As soon as we’d finished our visit to The Pyramids we boarded our mini-bus for the journey to downtown Cairo and Tahir Sqaure and the Egyptian Museum.

We’ve been to Cairo on a number of occasions but hsd never had the opportunity to visit the Egyptian Museum even though we’ve sent countless Nile cruise clients so we were really looking forward to it. Of course, Tahir Square is now famous throughout the world as the main centre of activity as the Egyptian Revolution unfolded.

If you’ve never driven through Cairo then you are in for a treat when you finally do so. Emad, our guide, told us the the only traffic regulation you need to know in Cairo is that there are no regulations. It’s every man and woman, donkey, camel, motorcycle, moped, bicycle and pedestrian for themselves. Believe me that’s’ so true.

Traffic was bumper to bumper all the way with vehicles, cyclists, cart drivers, animals and pedestrians changing lands, crossing backwards and forwards and essentially “doing their own thing” all the way. How people actually ever get to their destinations on time is beyond me.

One minute your next to a family saloon completely packed to the gills with passengers, the next minute your being overtaken by a moped carrying father mother and up to three small children. Crazy but very entertaining. Continue reading “Visiting Cairo – Day 2 continued”

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Nile Cruise and Cairo

Nile Cruise and Cairo

Nile Cruise and Cairo

One of our most popular arrangements is a one week Nile Cruise followed (or preceded) by 3 nights in Cairo.

The great thing about this holiday is that an awful lot of the things you see and hear about when you are visiting sites such as The Valley of The Kings or The Temples of Karnak, come alive to you when you are visiting The Egyptian Museum in Cairo where so many of the artifacts from those sites are on display. Continue reading “Nile Cruise and Cairo”