Celtic Bart in Egypt

That's right, after 2 years of essentially no sunshine i've decided to take a vacation to the land of the sun. And man, is it ever sunny...has been hitting 35C ever since i got here which i've been told is very hot for this time of year.

I arrived in Cairo, which is absolutely massive. I was thinking that this would be a good opportunity to get off the drink for a while, but of course, to my dismay, there are local beers in Egypt which of course i have to try. So the first night was spent with a few fellow backpackers on the roof terrace of a hotel smoking Shisha and drinking beer.

My first real day was spent visiting pyramids. I hired a personal driver along with a nice swiss couple and we spent the entire day visiting a series of pyramids (including the famous Giza pyramids). Not wanting to be a complete tourist, we passed on the camel/horse rides and did all our sightseeing on food through the dessert...fantastic! They truly are breathtaking. We had the opportunity to go inside the Red Pyramid which was a cool experience as well.

Today i met up with Ahmed (aka Chronoman) which is a developer i hired to do some work for me a few months ago via the rentacoder.com website. We spent the day visiting Islamic Cairo, many beautiful mosques as well as the Citadel and a cemetery know as 'The City of the Living and the dead'. Just like in Morocco, i couldn't resist building up a little facial hair and then going for a traditional shave.

So far so good. I'll be off in a couple hours to seek out a belly dancing bar.


The famous Giza Pyramids



Me


Cairo in B&W



Prayer time in the Citadel