1) People are generally nice in Egypt. When the cab driver didn't know where we whated to go someone who could speak some English would come and help. Or when they see you are a tourist they will say 'Hello' or 'Welcome'. But ofcourse, many just want to sell something to you. Which is my second point.....
2) People here always ask for $$. Well, I guess its the culture and its one of their sources of income. But when we ask for directions from the tourist police and they ask us for tip... or when we go to mosques the person that put our shoes away would ask for tips..... or the street vendor already over charging us on the pomegranate juice for 7LE and when we paid 10LE they will keep the change....or when we had a nice dinner, the restaurant already charged for 12% service fee plus 10% tax and they also want to keep the change.
3) Feral cats everywhere. I bet cat lovers would want to adopt all these kitties and take them home. Where ever you go you will see them. Especially when you eat somewhere with outside seatings, the kitties will stare at you when you eat.
5) Its impossible to not to get lost in Cairo. I might need to blame the travel books I got,because the 2 travel books that we have would spell the street name differently from the real street. Or the street name is written in Arabic. The streets not line up like Bellevue, you can imagine its like Seattle streets without street names and every store looks the same. There are mosques everywhere so its hard to find a good landmark.
6) We haven't gotten sick from eating street vendor food yet. I guess we can save our cipro for later.
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