Cairo travel (go)

Out of the airport customs, still reeking, the sun shines on the face, off and prevention and the strong, dizzy, I know that I finally came to Egypt.

It was an early morning in December, the sun rises in the blue sky, to continue its journey to the West, boiling and dazzling light scatters in the endless desert, on the land in this fast torrent-all-father of the River Nile.

Annual flooding gave birth to a great civilization--ancient Egypt civilization. As in ancient Greece the historian Herodotus (484 BC HERODOTUS,?-425 before?) in his "history" in Egypt is the gift of the Nile "."

After two weeks, along the River I step by step walk back to five thousand years, from a vanished civilization shock let first dizzy always keeping feet ... ....

* The * impression * of * Cairo

About Cairo, my impression is broken as the city itself is broken.

Airport to city centre by bus, controlled a travel guide and roadside billboards, phone number, I rediscover the digits 0 to 9.

“0。。。 "Is" 5000 ", who want's to? curiosity, Egypt pupils to do math problems is called Arabic Arabic numerals or call Arabic Arabic numerals? urban traffic chaos, door hangs the CMB and donkey cart stalemate in Moscow, at the fun of the flock behind a truck full of cattle on the Horn desperately. Sidewalk, camel riding horseback of Arabs and Nubian gonggar, ignore coach RI-haired visitors by surprise. The crowds, it is also the same side of the crowded House, occasionally open point, not the mosque is a Government Department, it is said that nearly one in four people living in Cairo, Egypt, and no wonder.

Elegant of Cairo University campuses across the United States, is MOGAMMA building, every morning, 18,000 civil servants a long line through the metal detector, to their respective offices, is also considered a scenery is Cairo.

The fifth floor of the arrivals hall is responsible for visa matters, through the entrance of the guests, the guards asked the first sentence is with explosives? when I terrorists! all visa matters by manual operation, thick kraft paper folder with red label with a paint stripping wood desks, like the 1980s domestic government agencies. Most of the staff, always half robe scarf tranced. On museum collections clerk statue of hardworking, doubt, is in Egypt?

From live Sun Hotel to Cairo railway station, subway and the most convenient, Sadat (SADAT) station, Mubarak (MUBARAK) station, a bit is the assassination of former President, who is in Office is President, inadvertently by a history of modern Egypt.

On the square in front of the train station, full of CMB, dressed in a robe of driver shouted Arab Lanke, shop packed with head-shoulder against hawker and carrying a large bag of tourists. Directly across the street green space on Rameses II Granite statue, the background is a great dome of the mosque and the towering minaret, any one of the Tower, can see Blue Nile and the other side of the pyramids.

Pink sandstone construction Egypt Museum only two layers, the collection of ancient Egypt 100,000 each period of relics.

It is said that if every one minute relics, see all need nine months. Regardless of the famous Royal Mummy Museum and sakaltutan Harmon treasures Museum, light those corridors of painted wooden coffin, any thing in other museums have become fragrance, but here is the simple wood, even the description. Wooden coffin of too much that I every time when you are alone after a heart made out of bile, for fear of the coffin in the "people" jumped out. Tired of sitting in the "Pagan Pharaoh" Sieh that swallowed (AKHENATEN) stone, side crunching sandwich side of realism of Pharaoh stone and his beautiful Queen of the unfinished portrait, lunch not lonely. There is also the same had to mention Hite SEPR Sudal Queen of Sphinx--the only ancient Egypt a bearded men's female Sphinx. Museum ran ran down a whole day, experience only one: don't come to Egypt! frequently siwuqian years of history and cultural pressure down, scold, most talkative person silence silent, as most people have no way of good writing pen. The saying "drink the Nile water will return to Egypt," the stone touching Pharaoh and jinguan, can no longer return to Earth thousands of years ago by the Pharaoh?

In December, the sunset time is 5 p.m., at the Cairo as a magic unbreakable, apart from the restaurant's all shops are closed door, that is ubiquitous in taxi early no trace, busy streets in the blink of an eye as a desolate desert.

Far and near cleric calls for prayers for the voice and the pigeons fly over the city. People from every corner of the city of rushed home, enjoying a long day in a food. Want to post at seven in the evening, the streets are lively again, then mosque began swirling dance (SUFI

DANCING)--an Islamic religious rites of worship.

The dancers are all male, non-stop rotation, hands to the sky, a special three-tier gown from gorgeous round. Next to the accompanist is equally expression and intoxicating. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan (RAMADAN), there is one in a year.

Han · Harry lane (KHAN EL

KHALILI) market is in fact a few cross streets, in Muslim Cairo region.

Market shops, perfume, perfume bottles, paper Sedge, Bay, due to the gown you Hey, Governor of antique ... Everything. Most still called AHWA's hookah Hall, sawdust shop shops scattered around Tin surface little table and wooden chair, against the wall with a row of colors rich, heavy water swim (SHEESHA). Common wear white robes of men playing chess in a circle, swim in the Shui sour sound Rotarian. As hookah tobacco there are two dipped in honey, and dipped Apple juice, sweet sweet sweet but cover the smell of tobacco in the present. Have not tried the hookah, not because of the few women involved in hookah Hall, it is not used to smoking, one person, oneEstuary in turn pass it on, do not wipe. Second is the silver shop, Dutch dew Achilles eye (a mythical), Encore (ANKH life) and scarab (Resurrection) is a necklace, bracelet and ring the most common design, but also completely imitates the Pharaoh Necklace, bear a great chain in his chest, a little after Egypt gaudily. Shop silver Cat Head goddess baast (BASTET, revenge and pleasure goddess) is coming to the antique shops of sandstone Anou (ANUBIS, death) winking, I do not know which shop is placed at the Arab music, sharp soprano repeat the "Abbey (I love you)" ... ....

Never the same civilization, never the same religion, never the same text, there is not the same person, Cairo is like a huge mirror, broke into pieces, each piece of debris reflect a once or existing in the world.