Travelogue - Cairo
Hardly did the aircraft touchdown, people started standing up and pulling down luggage from the overhead lockers, started ringing up their friends & relatives. ..Wow - I'm finally travelling in a sector just like my hometown Calicut where this happens on a regular basis. Welcome to Africa !!! . Finally I set my foot on the erstwhile dark continent & the 'untapped economic potential' of 21st century. The one hour taxi drive from Airport to Novotel hotel in central Cairo was so convincing that I don't think I'll ever dare to drive a car here . Driving here needs a different set of skills altogether. You zig-zag, you maneuver, yet you maintain the speed . The chaos in Cairo just reminded me of Mumbai. A city with an ever increasing influx of people, Everyone struggling to make ends meet . The drive next morning to Giza was just like driving through a Mumbai suburb. The imposing pyramids took our breath away. The important thing about Egypt & Cai...