City Guide Cairo, Egypt

Cairo

My advice with Cairo is to see the pyramids and the Egyptian museum and get the hell out of Cairo. The people are always hasseling you and Luxor, Aswan, Alexandria, and the Red sea have much more fasinating things to do and see.

CAIRO IS A BUSY CITY WITH MANY PLACES OF INTEREST- IF YOU GO TO THE NUBIA HOSTAL - YOU WILL FIND THE TRUE PLACE IESUS CHRIST STAYED WHILST IN EGYPT - THE EVIDENCE IS SIMPLY UNDER THE FOUNDATIONS

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My Review of Cairo

Cairo was an interesting place. It is full of some good people and some not so great ones. It seems everywhere you turn a tip is expected. In fact, you can't even pee without someone demanding a tip, it's pretty ridiculous. That said, there are some wonderful monuments. The pyramids at Saqqara and Dahshur and of course the Museum are a must see. For everything else, it is better to travel out of Cairo to other areas of Egypt like Luxor and Aswan as well as Alexandria as, in my opinion there are much m

Insider Tip:Learn to avoid looking at people if you do not want to be hassled into a shop to sell you some watered down perfume or some fake papyrus. Don't walk around with a travel guide either, it looks like you don't know where you are going and the scammers will try to take advantage of you. Try to get lots of pound coins to give out as tips right away or you will find yourself becoming poor quickly. Stay away from tour guides at the monuments, if they tell you anything at all they will hastle you for a tip and

Egypt is not worth it!!!

If you're planning on coming to Egypt, don't go on your own. Take a tour instead. I've backpacked through China, Europe and the Middle East and Egypt is the worse place I've ever been to. Don't get me wrong, the sites are great but the people will drive you nuts! Egyptians will be in your face ALL THE TIME, asking for money or harassing you. I've been to lots of poor places but nowhere else have people been as aggressive at trying to screw you of all your money. They will use every trick in the book to make

Insider Tip:- Nothing is free. Anything anyone does for you, even if you didn't ask for it, will cost you money. - Learn to say "I have no money" in Arabic. - The Sleeper Train is not comfortable, very shaky, somewhat clean and you wont get any sleep on it. The meal is included but all the drinks will cost extra (they wont tell you that when they give you the drinks, only when they ask you to pay for the drinks you already drank). We also found a cockroach in our compartment.

Travelling independently

Had a fantastic time, there is simply no other place where you will see so much history and in a way that isnt westernised. Although I do have a few important tips.

Insider Tip:Enjoy it for what it is, locals need your money and you are always going to get hassled to a certain extent. As soon as you turn up get a taxi to the hostel/hotel and dont get talked in to any tours just say you want to go to your hotel only. Try to talk to other tourists and get street smart about fair prices and what they did. I dont think its fair to try bargin with the local too much as they are trying to make a living after all. But that said most will initially try to rip you off so best be pr