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Cairo do and don
DO pick up a couple of Arabic words. It's easy. is a one-fits-all is thanks. is a straightforward so try shokran when you turning down someone trying to sell you something on the street. It's their job,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], so provide a polite rejection. To win hearts, wow them with your Arabic. Can you expect to walk down Bourke St Mall topless and never have people stare at you? If you're fair, you are going to stick out anyway. There is no expectation that women should cover their head of hair,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but play it down by covering your knees (that goes for the people too shorts are for small boys) and reining in the cleavage.
DON'T try to cross the street unless you're supremely confident. To the untrained eye, Egyptian drivers are suicidal. To Egyptians,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], more than a breath of air between cars is wasted space. Locals are happy to help you to tag along over the road together. Once you've started, never,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], ever go backwards.
Use yellow taxis if you can find them. They're clean,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], have air-conditioning and meters and take the hassle from bargaining. The black-and-white taxis,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], usually old Ladas,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], require some dexterity in haggling and there is no guarantee the windows wind down. Peak hour is about 3pm, so plan to get a travel done before gridlock.
DON'T miss the Egypt Museum. You will find King Tutankhamen's gold death mask and all sorts of the paraphernalia buried with him, from cheetah skin shields to mummified bread and the pharaoh's knickers. Never. You may even be interested in once or twice. Egyptian Museum,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Midan Tahrir, Downtown,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], $10 adults,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 9am-6.45pm.
DO visit at least one mosque. In front door, go without your shoes and leave them in the shoe cupboard. All mosques have at least one caretaker and most tend to be more than happy to demonstrate the beautiful architecture and maybe even a mausoleum or two. Egypt operates on "baksheesh'' or tipping and $1 may be the standard tip when you leave the mosque. Give a little more (say $4) if they offer to take you up the minarets, which have some of the best views in Cairo. Photos are usually OK, but check first. Some mosques asks you to definitely leave during prayers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but others are more than happy for you to stay. Women must enter in the women's section in those days and really should always have a headscarf to pay for hair in the mosque.
DO ask people,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], especially women,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], if you can photograph them first. Touts and even the tourist police up in the pyramids and Sphinx expects a tip,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but avoid snapping regular police and also the armed services, regardless of how dashing their crisp white uniforms.
DON'T drink tap water. Water in bottles is affordable and can save you a world of pain.
DO tip the bathroom . attendant 20c if you use bathrooms. People sell little packs of toilet tissues in front of attractions,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Keep one out of your bag all the time,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
DON'T be afraid to wander the streets. Cairo is a superb, and safe,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], city to understand more about on foot and there's always taxis around to take you home for one few dollars if you get lost. The street life and it is buzzing markets continue through the night and plenty of individuals to help out if you achieve stuck.
DON'T touch the websites. They're deteriorating rapidly because of mass tourism,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], if you want your kids in order to see them, keep the fingers off, even if the guards encourage you to definitely step over the barricading ropes for a closer view.
DO get lots of small change before you head out each morning. Daily transactions are done in 10,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 5 and 1 pound notes, as well as the smaller denominations of 50 and 25 piastres. Change of LE100 doesn't come easily and seriously diminishes your bargaining power.
DON'T go the dogs and Englishmen route and find yourself caught in the hot midday sun. Official Egypt closes its doors between 1pm and 4pm once the nation would go to lunch,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which is the main meal during the day.
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