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”