A Trip to Cairo, Egypt

Scoll down all the way at this page to find establishments that offer wi fi (i.e. internet access).

The official website for the egyptian tourist authority.  Spectacular pictures.

An impressive well designed website.  Extremely engaging manner of describing Egyptian culture. To illustrate, the authors describe the calls of the street merchants:

“…Visitors may not realise it but the cries of the street sellers encapsulate the poetry and humour of the Egyptian people. The following are examples: boasting of the grapes’ sweetness, the seller cries, “Drowsing through the climbing vine, bees hint at the promise of sun-kissed wine!” Somewhat prone to exaggeration, sugar cane sellers shout, “Seven-metre cane, oh sugar cane”, when sugar cane never reaches more than five metres in length…”

This kind of verbal imagery is exactly what I am searching for – just click here.

The Association of Tourist Friends (hey, that’s exactly what I need!) is a non-profit organization to help point visitors in the right direction.  Their office is 33 Qasr El-Nile St., 9th floor, El Tahrir, Tel. (202)392.20.36. Other centers in Cairo are:  Abassia Square (+202)285.45.09 (+202)284.19.70 Fax: (+202) 285.43.63, Adly St. (+202)391.34.54, Pyramids (+202)385.02.59, Cairo International Airport (+202)291.42.55 (+202)291.42.77 (ext.2223), Railway Station (Ramses) (+202)764.214.

No cost for these services.

I will be contacting the tourist office in Cairo and will pick up a package of materials that will be useful for us — including free maps!  Their website is here.

Maps are also available at the airport in Cairo.

Information about culture, history, hostels, etc. are all here:

http://www.cairotourist.com/

Cairo Hotel and Travel Information Guide –

http://www.cairocitytourist.com/cairo-map.html

Korba is an area in Heliopolis with a juxiposition of Islamic and european architecture.  The streets have a variety of businesses…small shops, cafes. florists, bookshops.  My kind of place.

Listing of short blogs describing vacation to Cairo and surronding areas.  Click here.