Photos of Egypt

Kilometres riden: 82.2 (almost there)

The tour starts for reals in a couple of days. So far my bike hasn't exploded, no-one has got all dramatical or anything.

Believe it or not, the bottom part of this building is a mausoleum. The top is a shanty type deal. It is in the Northern Cemetery. A bunch of the mausoleums there have new tenants, there are the normal streets shops and everything. These people are super, super poor. This was an eerie place to be.

Because books and whatnot are totally boring to read, we weren't 100% sure that this really was a cemetery / housing estate amalgamation. Luckily I could use my super-power of reading Arabic numbers to see all the dates on the plaques. We turned around and left after coming across the first funeral-in-progress. Some things are a little too strange, even for bumbling goofs.
This in the Khan el Khalili. Parts of it had a reputation for being very touristy, but I only saw one other tourist in the couple of hours we were there. If it is all a show for our benefit, it is really elaborate and well orchestrated.

It is pretty funny to imagine that as soon as we walk around the corner, all these people stop hauling bricks up with ropes, haggling over fresh produce, and almost running people over with scooters. Then they flip out their newspapers and slump in a chair until the next tourist wanders by.

I ate a date pastry thing here.

The view from the internet cafe on the very first day. After getting in at 4am and braving the Sudanese Consulate, it was pretty nice to sit by this sunny window and relax.

Best Pizza Hut restaurant location so far. Service was pretty good as well. If you squint, you can make out the Sphinx. You can't see the army of touts selling totally authentic gear though.