Cairo to Cape 2010 Blog
Blog 2 – Cairo, Egypt
We left Aqaba camp site and headed off to the port for the overnight ferry. The usual Egyptian chaos on board the boat – we arrived in Nuweiba the following morning having been woken at the crack of dawn by the call to prayer. Fortunately we had all been forewarned about the Egyptian customs procedure?? After loads of different inspections, pieces of paper, photocopies and baksheesh we were issued with our local licences and number plates and free to go on our way.
 Great pyramids of Egypt |
 On tour of the pyramids |
Not far out of Dahab one of the vehicles came to a halt with a blown gasket and had to be towed into Dahab. That gave Steve a lot to keep him busy whilst the rest of us headed off to Cairo for some sightseeing and to organise Sudanese visas. The visas turned out to be an absolute breeze – not sure if it was the sheer volume of passports being handed over but the visas were issued the following day with minimum fuss.
The absolute highlight of the Cairo trip was going to the pyramids – most of us opted to take a camel at the pyramids – Bill was a reluctant participator but by the end of it he was getting very possessive about his camel. By the time the trip was over we all fancied ourselves as camel jockeys. I was very sceptical about the camel trip being a tourist trap but after having approached the pyramids from the direction of the sand dunes, there is no other way to do it.
 On the way to the pyramids on camels |
 Steve hard at work |
We are now back in Dahab, after the chaos of Cairo, chilling on the beach drinking smoothies and fruit shakes whilst the more energetic of the group are planning their climb of Mt Sinai later this evening.
Kim (photos courtesy of Kim and Barbara)
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