17th Dec –
A relaxed day. Of course we took our time to get up and get ready and it was noon by the time we went out. With the help of lonely planet we landed at a nice place called as ‘La Cheesa’. It had small wooden chairs and old décor. We had very good breakfast there and the highlight was olive patty!
We again attempted to walk to Khan-el-khalili and finally changed direction to go to Ramses Hilton which had the Mobaco showroom from where we wanted to buy some cloths of Egyptian cotton. It took us time to realise that Mobaco is a part of other brand and so we could not see the Mobaco name on the shop. Anyway that wasn’t much of help we still could not find much in the shop and things were almost of the same cost as you might find in any of the London shop. So we thought of taking a break from searching cotton and went to American University and to visit its bookshop. It publishes the books of Naguib Mahfouz. I had read the first part of Cairo trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz and was searching for the remaining two which I found in the bookshop. Also we picked up a book by the same author on the revolutionary Egyptian king Akhenaten and another one called Harafish considered as one of his best books.
It was the time to go back and get fresh before going for the dinner on Nile cruise. We were given a taxi from king tut hostel to go for the cruise. The driver who also served as a kind of body guard stayed with us throughout the cruise! It was amazing place to see the belly dancing and the Sufi dance, while having good food. We had seen the belly dancing in London but it is a must to see in Cairo. We still wanted to watch the Sufi dance performed by a group in old Cairo but sadly it was on specific days in a week on which we were not in Cairo. Apart from the belly dancing the cruise was like any other river/dinner cruise.
A relaxed day. Of course we took our time to get up and get ready and it was noon by the time we went out. With the help of lonely planet we landed at a nice place called as ‘La Cheesa’. It had small wooden chairs and old décor. We had very good breakfast there and the highlight was olive patty!
We again attempted to walk to Khan-el-khalili and finally changed direction to go to Ramses Hilton which had the Mobaco showroom from where we wanted to buy some cloths of Egyptian cotton. It took us time to realise that Mobaco is a part of other brand and so we could not see the Mobaco name on the shop. Anyway that wasn’t much of help we still could not find much in the shop and things were almost of the same cost as you might find in any of the London shop. So we thought of taking a break from searching cotton and went to American University and to visit its bookshop. It publishes the books of Naguib Mahfouz. I had read the first part of Cairo trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz and was searching for the remaining two which I found in the bookshop. Also we picked up a book by the same author on the revolutionary Egyptian king Akhenaten and another one called Harafish considered as one of his best books.
It was the time to go back and get fresh before going for the dinner on Nile cruise. We were given a taxi from king tut hostel to go for the cruise. The driver who also served as a kind of body guard stayed with us throughout the cruise! It was amazing place to see the belly dancing and the Sufi dance, while having good food. We had seen the belly dancing in London but it is a must to see in Cairo. We still wanted to watch the Sufi dance performed by a group in old Cairo but sadly it was on specific days in a week on which we were not in Cairo. Apart from the belly dancing the cruise was like any other river/dinner cruise.
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