Day 2 Bodyguard.
up early great breakfast packed left cases (and wallet). Met Mohammed "Costner" suited shaded taciturn bodyguard. 45 minutes Into Cairo over the Nile. Tari Square. Museum. Gauntlet of 30 tanks flanking the entrance to the museum. Museum outstanding 15000 pieces including many mummies over 3000 years. mummified 5m crocodiles, dogs, baboons. Still coloyr paint after 4500 years. The Rosetta stone. City of the Dead near Saladin citadel and second blue mosque Glass chandelier swaying and tinkling in the breeze. Peaceful. Cool alabaster floor even in the sun. Muslim faith five times Ramadan separation . Next the oldest mosque in Africa - alfred. Next the Coptic church built over 1 AD roman tower (hanging church due to Nile flood - had a 700 m escape tunnel from roman persecution. Egyptian Madonna. Next the Jewish synagogue in the old quarter (Coptic quarter). All the oldest of each Egypt. Bodyguard following everywhere. Buffet lunch at the soirée . To the bazaar - Mamoud prayed while Mohammed accompanied us through the bazaar. No risk but very very congested. Inner city a jumble of dusty buildings, rubble and rubbish. No donkeys, horses or camels here unlike Giza. White uniformed police everywhere (black in winter).