The trip was uneventful and Lydia met me at the airport. Today we just walked around cairo so I could get used to it. It’s much like I expected - busy, noisy and polluted - but I’m pleasantly surprised at how little hassle we get. Apart from all the shop keepers who call at you and say “Welcome to egypt!” (Lydia doesn’t reply “actually, I’ve been here 4 months…”) most people leave us alone. And when taxi drivers call out “TAXI!” and you say no, they move on. Lydia stopped a couple of women to ask the way somewhere and they were so impressed with her arabic that they tried to give us some of the barbecued sweet corn they had just bought!

Also there are very few beggars and according to the lp there isn’t much theft or pickpocketery.

Tomorrow we’ll be visiting the Citadel and some other palace type thing before heading back to the mosque we were at today to get some nice dusk shots.