cairo

after alexandria we took another train to cairo. this time we got ourselves in a first class car, not wanting to experience the hard third class trains of egypt ever again. we arrived at the central station in cairo and witnessed the most chaotic traffic of the trip so far.


from there we took the metro and then decided to go to look for a hotel in zamalek which is a beautiful residential neighborhood with upscale shops and amazing houses where all the foreign ambassadors live. This neighborhood was definitely the highlight of our trip we walked endlessly through beautiful streets avoiding the crazy traffic of cairo and had a relaxing weekend strolling around, seeing the great boutiques, art galleries, eating at delicious restaurants, and acting like residents of this place more than tourists.
esteban got a badly needed hair cut in one of the local hair saloons. We loved the hotel we stayed at and the quietness of this area of the city.










of course we also visited the museum and the pyramids and the sphinx; a must for all tourist in this place of the world. and of course we thought they were amazing. surprisingly the tourism that day was very low and we enjoyed the pyramids plateau almost all to ourselves. at the end of our short stay we took a brand new bus back to ismalia and continued our canal crossing towards port said and the Mediterranean sea.