LOWER EGYPT: CAIRO, GIZA AND ALEXANDRIA

CAIRO was actually a really city. Noisy, crowded, cars beeping horns, narrow streets which criss-crossed and twisted. Islamic Cairo contains some of the world’s great mosques. We enjoyed the food. Walking inside a pyramid, 5000 year old tombs which tower over the Giza plains is special. And Alexandria, too, was relaxed, friendly, with some cool art deco style buildings by the sea.