Mumble Jumble---November 27, 2008

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  Cairo, Egypt
Friday, November 28, 2008

We met our group members today---Essam, the group leader introduced us to the rest---Sue, Kelly, Lex, Warren, Lisa, Evon, Angela, Christina and Julia---from Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Essam went through the do's and don'ts, the itinerary and other details.
then we went to visit one of the oldest mosques and the biggest bazaar market in Cairo. Did not buy anything---no need to bargain.

The group went out for dinner------delicious Egyptian food---Anjulia tried the sheesha---water pipe

NOTE---this key board is killing me. The capital letter key and the upper case key do not work properly..................

Try to post some pictures...............

BRIEF UDATE ON LAST FEW DAYS
Nov. 23, Sunday
Wisked to Alexandria upon arrival------crazy driving here---China drivers pale to these maveriks. Instead of normal 3 hours, it took us almost 6 hours to get there due to HEAVY HEAVY traffic. The faint hearted no need to apply your driving license.
Hotel New Capri---2 stars---provided very basic accomodation.

Nov. 24, Monday
Toured the magnificent Alexandria Library------biggest in the world.
Roman amphitheatre and the catacomb---amazing ancient burial ground.
And the citadel where once the mighty light house was built------it was destroyed and was one of the 7 of the ancient wonders.

Nov. 25, Tuesday
Visited the Montazah---beautiful Palestine Hotel
Then we came back to Cairo

Nov.26, Wednesday
Saw Sakkara pyrimid-------the very first step pyrimid------impressive and jaw dropping architecture
Dahshur pyrimid---the very first true pyimid---AWESOME
Also visited the old capita of ancient Egypt---Memphis---saw the huge remains of Ramses 2 statue.

Sorry for the brief update without much explanation...do better next time.

Kam at Cairo

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