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"Cairo" a Cairo Travel Page by leffe3

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Real Name: keith lawrence
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Cairo

by leffe3 - last update: Oct 17, 2006

It's huge! It's noisy, dirty, polluted. But it's like no place you've ever been to before. You'll love it or hate it, its that extreme. Rarely have I heard a middle-of-the road reaction to Cairo.

An incredible 16 million people live here. It has history pouring out of every corner - the Pharoahs, the early Christians, the Moslems, the Crusaders, the the the... It is a city teeming with life - it certainly ain't been prettified for tourism. No fancy boulevards, no huge open plazas providing open views for cameras and digital videos. It's a living city - the old city simply has no room to cater for picture-postcard vistas. And with so many people, every sense is assaulted - the noise, the crowds, the smells, the sights.

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Comments for leffe3 about Cairo
freddie18 Thu Aug 21, 2008 00:39 UTC
 The information on your Cairo page gave me a big picture of what to expect when I visit the city in October. It gave me an idea on what not to miss. Thanks for sharing.
Homanded Mon May 28, 2007 13:10 UTC
 We were blown away with Cairos pollution and crowds also but, agree, no where else like it. We loved the food though! Your photography is brilliant! Homer
gilabrand Wed May 9, 2007 14:38 UTC
 One day I hope to get to Cairo. I was checking out the airfare recently for this 1 hour trip and it is incredibly high...
MM212 Tue May 1, 2007 19:07 UTC
 Great Cairo page, with excellent photographs. Very interesting seeing Cairo of 7 years ago. I just returned and Ibn Tulun and it surroundings have been cleaned up. Cheers!
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