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Friday, July 04, 2008

Day 3: 17 June (Tues) @ Alexandria/Iskandariyah

For Day 3 pictures, click here.

Heard from my friend that when you are in Alexandria, you'll feel as though you are not in Egypt and it's diff from Cairo. She was so right!! Why?
- There's the beach...facing the blue mediterranean sea.
- Traffic lights are working and there are law-abiding drivers.
- Blue trams as their public transport
- Cool weather, very breezy
- It's peaceful
- More seafood served in Alexandria
- It's clean

Alexandria, is about 4-6hrs drive from Cairo. Poor driver. All of us were snoring away.

Passed by King Farouk's palace and Montazah's Garden. King Farouk wasn't well liked by his people as he loved to gamble, a casanova, build unnecessary things like the garden, etc. He escaped from his enemies by going into an underground tunnel he had built which leads to the spot where his boat was and left Alexandria, for Italy. (2 days sail from Alexandria)

Then, another place which I'm dying to visit - Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the new library of Alexandria. Superb architecture and a magnificently, gigantic library.

Fish was served at lunch. A good change from the usual fare of lamb and chicken.

Visited Maqam Nabi Daniel and Loqman al Hakim at a mosque. Female beggars were following us. Apparently, according to my guide, these 2 women are well-off. One of them wasnt happy that we walked away so she knocked hard on our van windows.

First taste of local Mango Juice! It's good..more like mango puree!

Prayed at Morsi Abu El Abbas Mosque.

Head back to Cairo for dinner, by the Nile River. Beautiful sunset.

naniz @ 6:00:00 PM

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