{"id":3395,"date":"2014-05-29T06:58:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T06:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/?p=3395"},"modified":"2014-05-29T06:58:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T06:58:52","slug":"traveling-around-cairo-egypt-life-international-school-teacher-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/traveling-around-cairo-egypt-life-international-school-teacher-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Around: Cairo, Egypt (The life of an international school teacher is good!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traveling Around:\u00a0Cairo, Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Can you relate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Getting off the plane and seeing the armed security forces casually strolling around the airport with machine guns hanging off their arms.
\n\u2022\u00a0Going to the Egyptian Museum and walking past tanks and armored vehicles ready to deal with any major problems.\u00a0 There\u00a0is heightened\u00a0security leading up to the elections but the armed forces are subtle and seeing them is reassuring.\u00a0 Very strange though seeing military checkpoints with umbrellas protecting the soldiers from the sun.
\n\u2022\u00a0Finally seeing Tutankhamen’s treasures including his Death Mask after 39 years of wanting to go and see it, including canceling a previous planned trip as it coincided with the weekend the last revolution occurred.
\n\u2022\u00a0Then, walking in his tomb and seeing his mummified corpse (and ‘negotiating’ with the guard to take photographs, even though cameras and pictures not allowed).
\n\u2022\u00a0No queues, no waiting anywhere.\u00a0 Before the revolution it would have taken 30 minutes at each of the four tombs in Valley of the Kings before you could even enter and then it would be full of people.\u00a0 I was in Tutankhamen’s tomb with just my mini tour group (total of three) we had the place to ourselves…
\n\u2022\u00a0The Pyramids and the Sphinx!!!
\n\u2022\u00a0Bargaining\u00a0with the vendors whilst the Nile River Cruise ship goes through the lock (they throw their product\u00a0onto\u00a0the deck and if you want it you throw your money down to them) – best fun ever!!
\n\u2022\u00a0Finding out that snacks are really cheap at roadside stalls
\n\u2022\u00a0Encountering insane Cairo traffic – lanes are just a suggestion and horns are to tell a story – one hour just to drive around the roundabout at\u00a0Tahir\u00a0Square – cars were doing u-turns in the middle of the traffic – against the flow – just to escape…
\n\u2022\u00a0Shopping!!! Dealing with the vendors\u00a0can be\u00a0so much fun if you smile at them and have a laugh…
\n\u2022\u00a0Walking around the corner and seeing the immense statues of Rameses II at Abu\u00a0Simbel\u00a0(after a 3am start and a 3 and a half hour road convoy)
\n\u2022\u00a0Watching an artisan make papyrus and then seeing another use hieroglyphics to personalise it for you
\n\u2022\u00a0Seeing an Egyptian Muslim man propose to his girlfriend on the Nile Dinner Cruise – so beautiful
\n\u2022\u00a0Seeing an Egyptian wedding (different couple obviously :)) get married by the pool at the hotel you are staying and then watching the fireworks when they leave the party
\n\u2022\u00a0Experiencing all the different temples at different times of the day so the light reflects differently
\n\u2022\u00a0Mummified crocodiles!
\n\u2022\u00a0Meeting two amazing boys from Barbados to travel around Upper Egypt with (we became known as Two Cokes and a Sprite as that reflected the drinks we always ordered for dinner but it was also a cute description of the three of us)
\n\u2022\u00a0Being taken out to dinner by your guide (not included in the tour package) as an extra so you can taste ‘real’ Egyptian food at a restaurant that happened\u00a0to be\u00a0across the road from the Sphinx so we\u00a0were entertained by the\u00a0Light show as well…
\n\u2022\u00a0Experiencing the incredible hospitality of the local people (my tour guide and tour company owner really made sure that I was having the tour of my dreams).
\n\u2022\u00a0Realising that Egypt is currently a safe place to visit regardless what the media says – it is cheap to visit now (weather is best Jan – April) and the people appreciate you visiting as they are doing it tough since the revolutions…
\n\u2022\u00a0Independently\u00a0kickstarting\u00a0the Egyptian economy with all the shopping I did (seriously heavy bags (plural) on the way home!)
\n\u2022\u00a0New friends in Egypt and because of Egypt!<\/p>\n

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Currently we have 23<\/b>\u00a0international schools listed in Cairo, Egypt\u00a0on\u00a0International School Community<\/a>. \u00a0Here are a few of the them that have had comments submitted on them:<\/p>\n

Cairo American College<\/a>\u00a0(27 Comments)
\n\u2022\u00a0Cairo British School<\/a>\u00a0(30 Comments)
\n\u2022\u00a0Cairo English School<\/a>\u00a0(17 Comments)
\n\u2022\u00a0Ecole Oasis Internationale<\/a>\u00a0(17 Comments)
\n\u2022\u00a0El Alsson British and American International School<\/a>\u00a0(20 Comments)
\n\u2022\u00a0Hayah International Academy<\/a>\u00a0(19 Comments)
\n\u2022\u00a0Misr American College<\/a>\u00a0(37 Comments)
\n\u2022\u00a0The International Schools of Choueifat in Egypt<\/a>\u00a0(22 Comments)<\/p>\n

This Can you Relate article was submitted by an International School Community member who is Australian and currently works in the UAE.<\/p>\n

If you are on a trip\u00a0right now, away from your host country, write to us at\u00a0admin@internationalschoolcommunity.com<\/a>\u00a0with your “Can you relate?” traveling experiences.\u00a0 Tell us where you are traveling in the world, what you are seeing and how you are coping with any culture shock.\u00a0 Once your Traveling Around\u00a0experience\u00a0is posted\u00a0on our blog, International School Community will give\u00a06 free months of premium membership<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Traveling Around:\u00a0Cairo, Egypt Can you relate? \u2022 Getting off the plane and seeing the armed security forces casually strolling around the airport with machine guns hanging off their arms. \u2022\u00a0Going to the Egyptian Museum and walking past tanks and armored vehicles ready to deal with any major problems.\u00a0 There\u00a0is heightened\u00a0security leading up to the elections […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50],"tags":[1519,1133,1917,457,1916,1915,42,1914,30,32,1911,1286,58,1305,152,1718,1913,287,603,1912,1214],"class_list":["post-3395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traveling-around","tag-cairo-american-college","tag-cairo-british-school","tag-cairo-english-school","tag-comments-and-information","tag-ecole-oasis-internationale","tag-el-alsson-british-and-american-international-school","tag-expat-life","tag-hayah-international-academy","tag-international-school-community","tag-international-schools","tag-international-schools-in-cairo","tag-international-teacher-life","tag-international-teachers","tag-misr-american-college","tag-teachers","tag-teaching-in-cairo","tag-the-international-schools-of-choueifat-in-egypt","tag-traveling","tag-traveling-around-2","tag-traveling-around-egypt","tag-traveling-experiences"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC01764-resized.jpg?fit=612%2C459&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2flVT-SL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5691,"url":"https:\/\/internationalschoolcommunity.com\/blog\/comparing-the-schools-and-comments-working-in-cairo-egypt\/","url_meta":{"origin":3395,"position":0},"title":"Comparing the Schools and Comments: Working in Cairo, Egypt","author":"ISCommunity","date":"September 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Around the world, there are cities that have more than one international school. 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