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It's nice. Security is tight. There is a police officer every 10 feet, and most of them are armed to the teeth. And there are bomb sniffing dogs, metal detectors, and X-ray machines at every important building and hotel. And in the risky areas, there are trucks full of soldiers waiting to pounce.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, you will sweat like crazy. But there is a shack selling water and snacks on every street corner. Make sure to buy Dasani/Aquafina/Evian water, and not the cheap Aqua water that gives you parasites.
See:
Pyramids
Museum
Coptic Cairo
Oriental Weavers
Mohamed Ali Mosque
Sound & Light
1973 War Panorama
Nile Cruise
Camel Ride
Khan-el-Khaleli Bazaar
JW Marriot Golf & Country Club
Sharm-el-Sheik beach town
Make sure to tip everybody who helps you. Don't tip the police unless they ask you (like when you go on a camel ride through the desert and are riding through a restricted area).
And you will note that most people are awake and in the streets at 2 AM (which is when they usually eat dinner). We went to a rug store that sells the nicest rugs ever and it is 5 stories high. At 2 AM, there were dozens of people in the store looking at $4000 rugs. There was a rug with Hosni's face on it (which was hung on the wall so you couldn't step on his face).
And don't try to drive there. People drive at 80 miles per hour in residential areas. There are no traffic lights anywhere. And no crosswalks. And no lanes. And nobody stops for pedestrians, so they run through the streets and try to dodge the cars. And if you want to park, you have to pay someone who claims that he owns that piece of the road that you want to park on. Every car looks like a piece of shit because the average vehicle is involved in 5 accidents per day. People just don't care, especially when they park. They will just ram their car into the one in front of them.
A flight to Dubai from Cairo is 3 hours and first class is cheap. You can go to Dubai too.
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