A wretched hive of scum and villainy - 16 April 2009

No, not Mos Eisley. Instead that's how another American in Luxor described Cairo while I was enjoying my McArabia as described in the last post.

I'm not going that far (yet) but we returned to the Santana Hotel this morning and dropped off our laundry.

During the day we visited the mosque of Saladin:

And a market. Since we're not really shoppers Jen and I sat at a sidewalk cafe enjoying falafel and tahine (and strawberry juice) while watching stray cats (not the band):

Remember, as the holiday season approaches, that plastic bags are not toys!

Afterwards we returned to the hotel while the rest of the group visited Coptic Cairo. You'll recall that we visited this on our own while staying with the Deutsches, and were able to spend a lot more time there than the official visit offered. They didn't eve go to the Coptic Museum, which was my favorite part.

For the evening we went on a dinner cruise, complete with a belly dancer and whirling dervish. There are pictures (and video), but I'm not going to post them here.