in the middle east

After two weeks of being on the go, we came back to two final days in Cairo before heading back home. It is a great city, bustling with the activity of 20million people. Given that Cairo has been a major Egyptian city for over 2,000yrs, there's plenty of history to see that has nothing to do with ancient pharaohs and temples. We spent a day in the section of 'Coptic Cairo' home of one of the most ancient Christian centers in the East. We also saw a bit of 'Islamic Cairo', i.e. the part of town built up in the period of Egypt's great muslim sultans. Even though Cairo is the quintissential Middle-Eastern city, it's modern character felt much more familiar to us than the small Nile towns we had been in for the previous week. We spent our evenings reading at the "Cafe Americane", or along the waterfront of the Nile. It was a great way to round off the trip. We've documented our last couple days for you to get a feel for Cairo. Click Here.