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We toured the Citadel and the districts of Old Cairo, including Coptic Cairo, and Islamic Cairo. This tour ended in the sprawling Khan El Khalili Bazaar. We were unprepared for the tangle of vehicles in Cairo, otherwise known as city traffic. Road markings and the few traffic lights seemed to be merely decorations! Consequently, vehicle dents and scrapes appeared to be the norm.

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Cairo


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part of the Mohamed Ali Mosque in the Citadel

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columns on one of the mosque sides

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entrance to the Mohamed Ali Mosque

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an interior photo in the mosque

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a ceiling view in the mosque

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another interior photo in the mosque

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entrance to "Hanging Church", it was built on top of the gatehouse of a Babylon fortress

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inside the Hanging Church

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another view inside the Hanging Church

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a street in the Khan El Khalili Bazaar

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Barb strolling down a street in the Bazaar

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another street in the bazaar

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Al-Hussein Mosque, just outside the Khan El Khalili Bazaar

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Cairo; note the Giza Pyramids in the background

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a typical street shop

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bread vendor; a common street site

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bread delivery

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a butcher shop

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many cars are covered on Cairo streets to protect from blowing dust and sand

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a business of the past

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a not untypical vehicle on Cairo streets

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one of the buses used by our tour group; note that all luggage goes on top

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typical apartment bldg. with everyone having their own satellite dish

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i said the streets were busy

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pedestrians don't help the traffic congestion either!

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The Baron's Palace in Heliopolis, a Cairo suburb; soon to be restored


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