Day 3 - Cairo - Old Cairo New Cairo

Yesterday we went to the Citadel and Sultan Hassan Mosque. The Citadel is a huge fortress built a thousand years ago and later fortified by Saladin to protect Cairo during the Crusades, while Sultan Hassan Mosque is a major Islamic monument. Didn't get any good photos here, but you can see the Citadel in a photo in the previous post.

New Cairo, spreading into the desert

Today we spent a few hours travelling around New Cairo, an area of the city built out in the desert, or more accurately, being built. For the last five years they've been busy putting up apartment buildings, office blocks and houses which are quickly being bought up.

We got some interesting footage here as it was so desolate, and then went to see the house of one of our two guides, Rami. We were introduced to two crazy but friendly dogs, shown around the ornately decorated and tidy house (which we used as a filming location) and had a really nice meal. Then we went back out and worked until 10:30 tonight. I'm looking forward to the White Desert now.

Hermit

Desolation