Day 1 in Cairo, Egypt (10/13/21): First Impressions:-Cairo is in my top ten for worst traffic. I spent 90 minutes stuck in traffic on what should have been a 40 minute drive on a late Wednesday afternoon. My Uber took a wrong exit so he literally reversed back up the exit to reenter the highway.-Like Turkey, there are hustlers everywhere and the easiest giveaway is that they speak exceptional English. Sometimes, I give them the time of day because they […]

Categories: Africa, Backpacking, Middle East, Travel • Tags: Africa, Backpacking, Cairo, Desert, Egypt, Giza, Giza Pyramids, Middle East, North Africa