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Nile and downtown Cairo
( two Hilton hotels on the right )

       Between 14 and 18 million now people live in Cairo, in remarkable density, congestion, and civility.

 



midan tahrir -- Liberty Square
A traffic round-about on the edge of downtown Cairo, the Nile a block behind.



A boulevard downtown.
Built by the British on land they reclaimed from the Nile.



Downtown shops and apartments.



al azhar mosque (on the left)
Center of scholarship since Medieval era.


al azhar mosque courtyard

 


Some favorite Cairo sights and store fronts

Scenes around Cairo

Alexandria and the new library

Pyramids & Spinx at Giza
 

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Upper Egypt

 


Garden City Hotel
My 1-star hotel, sandwiched between the Hilton and Semaramis.


View from my balcony.

 



Nile at dusk


Nile at dusk.
(The "Nile City" is a faux riverboat of restaurants.)

 

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