We flew back from Aswan to Cairo early this morning. We took the hotel ferry to the mainland and got a taxi at a reasonable rate to the airport. The Aswan airport is international, but still pretty small with only four gates.
In Cairo, we also took a local taxi from the airport, which was easy once we got through the unofficial taxi touts to the taxi stand. It was about $15 USD to get to our hotel on the Corniche.
We stayed at a different hotel in Cairo this time, the Conrad Hilton, for about the same price. It was way better than our first hotel, the Steigenberger.
We freshened up and found a falafel place literally one side street behind the hotel. The side street had a real neighbourly feel to it, with people going about their everyday lives. There was also no hassle at all, just people saying Welcome! as we walked by. The falafel place cleaned off a small table and served us our falafel, pitas, and accoutrements. It’s more typical to make your own sandwich if you’re sitting down (if you get a falafel sandwich to go, then they make it for you). They were super friendly at the restaurant, and also charged us local prices, 25 EGP, under $2 CAD.
My cold was progressing, so we took it easy the rest of the day. I took a nap in the afternoon and later we went up to the lounge and had some small bites. We were both still full from lunch!
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