Last night we checked back into the Oasis Hotel, near the pyramids of Giza, where we spent the first couple of nights on the tour. Grant and I complained about our problem the first night, when we got ripped off and didn't get our single rooms. But we just got the runaround from the management. Wayne tried to help, but I think it was out of his hands. It was between the hotel and Spring Tours, and they just put the blame on each other.
This is the pyramid of Userkaf, who was the first king of the fifth dynasty. In the background is the first pyramid ever constructed. It belongs to King Djoser. To see more of the area, click on the photo above.
After leaving this area, we drove back to Old Cairo to see the citadel and the Alabaster Mosque of Mehemet Ali, which is the most famous in Egypt.
The Alabaster Mosque, surrounded by the walls of the citadel.
This is a shot of Old Cairo, from the roof of the Alabaster Mosque, showing how poor the conditions are. It's a vast area containing millions of people. I've heard there are between 15-20 million people living in Cairo, depending on who you talk to, but I don't think anyone knows for sure.
Later on we had lunch at a fancy Egyptian restaurant, and the food was very good. When we returned to the hotel, we spent a few hours exchanging addresses and saying our goodbyes to the people who were leaving very early in the morning, as the tour was ending this evening.
