Cairo Visit Sept 11 (Part II)

(Read Part 1 here) Click on Photo to Enlarge PMs Meeting at Sofitel I was surprised to see the hotel entrance filled with many big black cars and police as we reached the hotel. There were camera crew also. I discovered that the Ethiopian and Egyptian Prime Ministers were meeting Continue Reading

Enjoying Egyptian Food

  Read Cairo Visit Part 1 Here Egypt has an ample variety of food and there are a lot of street restaurants to enjoy from. Frying Fish: I was strolling through the streets of Cairo downtown looking for a local food shop to have lunch. There were plenty of them Continue Reading

Egypt – 2 Cities, 2 Ladies, 2 Waterways – Part 2

 Please Read Part 1 Here Egypt IS OLD – One of the Oldest Civilizations: There was life in Egypt around 10,000 years ago, but Egyptians united under one government around 5000 years (3200 BC) ago when history of Fir-aons or Pharaohs (Kings) is believed to start. Pharaohs numbered in 100s. Continue Reading

Egypt – The Land of Pharaohs, part 1

If you would like me to summarize Egypt (Misr in Arabic), then Pyramids, Mummies, river Nile, Cairo, Al Azhar, Ume Kalsoom, Cleopatra and Suez Canal will do the job. You can only imagine how excited I was visiting this country. I was lucky that I visited a new Egypt; an Continue Reading