Cairo and Nile valley |
Written by Jerem |
Sunday, 18 December 2011 |
Cairo is very famous for its traffic jams. Due to a late start from sinai, i reached the first suburbs of Cairo after the sunset. Average driving skill and safety concern is not high in whole egypt, but entering Cairo on a saturday evening is definitely one of the worse possible road experiences. Vehicules run at very various speed (from 5km/hour donkey carriage to 140km/hour flat out 20 years old peugeot 504) regardless of traffic lanes. Trucks usualy dont change lanes and keep left after they had overtaken another vehicule, while fast cars change lanes like in video games eventually flashing lights if you re one their way (keeping all lights off any other time even at night). At one point i lost track of the ring road and found myself wandering in downtown Cairo. I eventualy found my way to the only camp ground near the city after passing by the too famous Tahir square. which is in particulary good condition, with it s complete roof, and some original paintings! Next (and supposed last) stop along the Nile in Egypt is Aswan. I reached there with James and Bryce (met on the boat from Jordan to Egypt). Saturday morning is the day to book ticket for the ferry to Sudan, the only opened border between Egypt and Sudan being by crossing the lake Nasser. |
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