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 El Tabei ad Dumyati is a well known place frequented by locals, and featured in all the guide books.... |
 Felfela, is also featured in the guide books. This is quite a quirky little resturaunt, with tree t... |
 Egyptian Cotton for some reason is very good. Here are some bales ready to be spun. Islamic Cairo ... |
 Looking down on the Islamic Cairo streets from the top of the Minaret. |
 A view of Islamic Cairo from the top of one of the Minarets. |
 Another view from the top of the Minaret |
 This gateway is thousands of years old. There are dozens of the scattered around between the old bu... |
 The streets were very quite just before 5pm, as people had mostly already gone to the places where t... |
 With the sun going down in the background, the streets emptied. Ramadan only just starting, most pe... |
 Another very typical street in Cairo. |
 During Ramadan, everything is decorated with lights. The double minarets in the background are for ... |
 This guy had just about one of everything you would every want. |
 One of the main streets in the Khan el-Khalili - the main bizaar. |
 This taxi driver has a long night ahead of him. Although this flat tire wasn't slowing him down muc... |
 A neat picture of my hand, and the flat tire on the taxi. |
 Chilling out after a hard day in the Khan. Jake, Jake and Nicole. |
 Jake, Jake and Nicole - this time with feeling.... |
 The tea place we were resting in. The bargaining doesn't stop in the Khan - we bargained for the pr... |
 Trying to capture the height. Thats not the moon by the way - I think its pocket fluff. |
 Same minaret, different camera settings. Can you tell? |
 I can't for the life of figure out what this is, but it looked like a creepy cross between Mohamed a... |
 All the lights muct come from somewhere. There are lanterns here ranging from keychain size, and 5 ... |
 My the force be with you. Alas - no, its not a light saber, but one of the many green flurescent li... |
 Top of the minaret. |
 Our mosque and minaret guide, Mohamed. |
 Half way down, we cramed onto a small balcony for another group shot. |
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