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Christmas Wishes and Seasons Greetings


A thank you to all my followers, whether you’re here for the travel, the food, the firearms reviews and history articles, the photography, or the wines. We love you all.

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Fun Photo Friday — Cairo Favorites 6; Finishing with Cairo


Cairo Color

Time for one last look at Cairo before we head south to Aswan:

It’s Nap Time, Doggonit!
Pickled Rainbow
Minaret Silhouette
A Refreshing Pause
Everything’s Just Ducky. Why Do You Ask?
Rickety Ladder
Cairo Laundry

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Cairo — The Sights, The Sounds, The Traffic! The Tuk-Tuk Transit of Total Terror


Khayamiya Tentmakers Souk

The problem with traveling through the bazaars along the pedestrian streets of Cairo is that you eventually run out of pedestrian streets in Cairo. That dumps you onto a frenzied world of motorized mayhem in which the First Rule of the Road is that there are No Rules of the Road.

When it comes to traffic laws, something smells fishy here

Question: What defect totals a car in Cairo?

Cairo above the streets

Answer: An inoperable horn.

Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan

As you depart the cloth souk and angle to the left to the south southeast, you’ll know your time… and luck… have run out. When you reach the Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan, it’s time to head back to the hotel, which means you have to find a ride. In that traffic. Cairo traffic!

Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan

Think I’m exaggerating? Well, okay, then. Turn up your speakers and go full-screen on our Tuk-Tuk Transit of Total Terror, which follows is toward the end after some footage of other Cairo tooting traffic and terrified pedestrians:

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