Where have all the tourists gone?

Though we find it annoying, we could not help but start to feel sorry for the touts, as tourist arrival has dwindled sharply since the revolution in January, the once enormous tourism pie is now in short supply, not enough to go around to feed the millions dependent on it for a livelihood.

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Life as a Movie

Today’s demonstration is indeed peaceful, at least by around 4pm when my sister and I left the square, no untoward incident has taken place. I even detected a slight carnival-like mood at the square, as mobile vendors holding bright red love-shape balloons and pink cotton candy weave in and out of the crowds, and street food vendors busy serving hungry demonstrators.

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Photo Essay: Cairo Speaks Up

23 Dec 2011, Friday, Egyptians of all walks of life converged at the Tahrir Square in Downtown Cairo to demonstrate…..

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Jet Lag in Cairo

Having wake up so early from jet lag, I am enjoying a rare moment of tranquilty in Cairo.

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Egypt in “Transit”

Until two days ago, Cairo doesn’t feature in my year-end travel plan, it was supposed to be a transit point en-route to Morocco (which I failed to obtain a visa), but now, Cairo has become THE destination.

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Goodbye Morocco, without a hello

Morocco requires visa application to be accompanied by confirmed flight itinerary, so my sister and I have bought two round-trip KL-Casablanca (via Cairo) tickets online, with the departure date on December 18th , as the embassy assured us that visa would be ready by the 15th. No one then expected the system failure.

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