The good news.....After visiting Kathmandu, Manila and Medan it didn't seem that bad after all.........
The first day was spent sleeping off the night train and I had a bit of a look down by the river. Accommodation was very clean and had several other travelers to talk to. The downside was that it was above a very busy main road and very difficult to sleep at night.
Went to the Egyptian museum which was close to where I was staying. As with several other places in Egypt it was strictly no cameras. I'm not a big museum person but I was in there for at least 5 hours.
Obviously the main thing I wanted to see was the Pyramids and like every other visitor who expected it to be in the middle of nowhere found it strange to be next to the city.
Priority one was to avoid the touts and scammers so I headed out into the desert first to get my photos before seeing them close up on the way back.
It was a very long and hot walk to the top of that hill but the view was worth it in the end.
On the way out I passed the Sphinx which was fenced off from the tourists and looked more than a little worse for wear.
Cairo was not the sort of place I wanted to hang around for long after that so I headed for the coast.
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