Kami tiba awal pagi setelah 5 jam redeye flight dari Morocco. Flight Royal Morocco memang nampak macam old school sikit, separa sedar masa duduk dalam flight, di hidang couscous tomato dan daging.
Sejurus tiba kami menaiki teksi yang diaturkan oleh hostel, bayaran dia sama macam naik bas public ke bandar, mungkin sebab bayar total instead per passenger. No haggling due to price set as agreed sebelum naik teksi lagi. Di Egypt pakai esim dan cucuk duit di ATM pakai wise debit card sebab low transaction fee.
3 person shared bathroom. Myr43 / person / night.
Hostel kami berdekatan dengan Sungai Nil dan metro Sadat, area hostel ini designated as tourist district. Senang nak access kemana destinasi pelancongan.
Huge highway cutting through the packed city. Slow moving traffic tapi tidak stuck idle. Many advertisement billboard along the roads.
Hostel area dan Al-Azhar Mosque di El Khalili
Dinner, no preference on traditional food, asyik jumpa ayam bahagian dada ja, goreng dan roasted.
the first day here, kami buat touring jalan kaki from hostel to Khan El Khalili bazaar area. Besar macam dekat Kowloon. Bazaar ni pecah by section jualan dari kraftangan sampai kepada pakaian. Outer section of the bazaar ada jual tali pokok jut dan used battery handphone (tatau kenapa masih ada demand for selling this item, since nowadays phone is affordable).
Selang dua tiga bangunan, always jumpa masjid.
Kalau plan nak beli baru tanya tokey kedai, else just say tengok2. Diaorang pun tak aggresive nak suruh beli2. Fabrik memang murah di sini.
Aku pun tak beli barang2 di Khan El-Khalili sangat sebab aku prefer beli di bazaar Sadat sebab harga dikawal oleh kerajaan. Slightly expensive but the quality is there. Takda la expensive level bangsawan, its still affordable. Aku pun recommend reaching this type of bazaar/shop controlled by the government. Dekat luar kedai2 ini ada number siri set by the authority.
Typical interior of shopping mall. Kecil sahaja mall dia macam Metro Kajang.
Habis makan malam kami gerak dari Khan El -Khalili ke sungai Nil. lepas situ ambil moment night life. Ramai budak2 remaja buat freelance ambil gambar potrait di sepanjang jambatan. Bagus cari pendapatan sampingan,
The persuasive children beggars still roaming around, but very less on the touristic area. Ramai remaja main roller blade dalam bandar. Aku pun naik rimas tengok anytime boleh kena langgar kereta.
The most obvious is the kenderaan punya hon. Tak sampai 5 saat mesti bunyi hon. Tak berhenti2 bunyi sampai kami semua boleh adapt masuk hari berikutnya dia Cairo.
My personal view of opinion was regarding the drinking water. kami semua kena minor diarrheas mungkin disebabkan penggunaan air untuk masakan dan minuman tak cukup resistence dengan perut. Bukan sebab kotor, mungkin sebab clorin or galian tinggi dimana perut kita ambil masa untuk sesuai. Cant be avoided, even you drink bottled / canned drinks.
day 1 walking through the central of the Cairo.
The following day is the bucket list trip. Great Pyramid of Giza. Chartered car pun arrange pakai hostel, since we haggle to the point we feel acceptable. This include with the drive wait for us while exploring Pyramid. Memang pergi awal2 pukul 7 pagi gerak naik chartered car, as soon as opened terus ambil gambar. Sekejap ja dah ramai orang masuk.
Harga masuk ada pelbagai, boleh check official, dan beli di official website to avoid fake or tout price.
Kami beli including masuk dalam Pyramid, photo tak dibenarkan, tpai boleh cari di internet. Ramai juga endah peraturan, tapi as civilized tourist, kita obey the rules.
Sphinx location pun walking distance, but at the other side of the entrance. Chartered car can be converted to enter the Pyramid area to shuttle with special ticket price.
Kami tak buat camel ride posing sebab gimik. Just chill at the Pyramids and Sphinx.
day2. The route masa pusing first, biggest pyramid, Khufu.
Banyak lagi Pyramid di Cairo, bukan setakat di Giza, tapi di Saqqara, cuma tak cukup masa nak pergi semua tempat. For casual tourist, half day dah sufficient nak tour Great Pyramid of Giza. Later on the evening, Aaron continue with Egypt museum opposite our hostel, the rest sleep and recover penat kerana cuaca musim panas. Details & history of Great Pyramids of Giza browse sendiri di internet.
The following day aku buat adhoc trip to Alexandria via klook sekitar rm100 lebih sikit. On the fourth day baru masuk Cairo semula ke Citadel of Saladin. Kota lama ni nampak majestic dari luar sebab atas bukit. Dari bahagian dalam boleh nampak Cairo seperti lautan bangunan tak berpenghujung. Cuma mungkin kerana pencemaran habuk menyebabkan penglihatan lebih terbatas.
Untuk ke Kota Saladin, kami pakai Uber, sebab lebih murah dari rate teksi tempatan. Harga pun dah fix.
Details & history of Citadel of Saladin browse sendiri di internet.
Pada sebelah tengah hari dan petang, kami menuju ke Coptic Cairo berhampiran metro station Mar Girgis. Pebagai combo bangunan2 lama disini tapi mempertengahan Jewish unorthodox. Kalau masuk gereja pun tiada patung, cuma lukisan2 ala2 medievial.
Coptic Cairo ni gabungan bangunan seperti Babylon Fotress, Coptic Museum, Hanging Church, Greek Church of St, Jorge, Virgin Mary church, St.Barbara Church and cemetary, Ben Ezra synagogue dan pelbagai church coptic lagi. Area Coptic Church ni banyak jual cenderahati seperti salib dan miniatur jesus. Nak jalan2 pun tak lama sebab kecil ja kawasan ni. Yang boleh jadi lama kalau singgah sembahyang tatau go in details. Details & history of Coptic Cairo browse sendiri di internet, quite interesting actually.
Sebelah petang cuba metro di Mar Girgis ke Sadat. Metro dia saiz hampir keretapi sebenar tingkap render kayu. Interiror sangat luas, bersih, jadual kekerapan singkat dan punctual. Tiket sehala pun murah pakai sistem tebuk.
Finishing the remaining hours in Cairo ambil gambar siang di area Sadat dan Sungai Nil sebelum berangkat ke Dubai.
