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Available at Lehnert and Landrock and decent bookshops like Diwan.

If you want to do something different in Cairo, get a SPARE map (there are at least 4), take a taxi to Khan el Khalili and go for a walk. All of the relevant buildings are marked in the maps, together with a bit of history. Take yourself back to the 1400s.

Cairo was one of the most important cities in the world in the late middle ages and the architecture in Islamic Cairo proves it.

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Also look out for tabbouleh, the wonderful parsley salad, hummus bi lahm (chickpea puree with meat and pinenuts), felafel and labneh (a yogurt dip).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9544 Cool Cabs http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9543 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9543 Parsi Dairy Farm - Truth is Light http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9542 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9542 Manshiet Nasser (the rubbish district) http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/9539
Get an ordinary taxi rather than one of the fancy hotel ones to get to the place as the car's suspension gets tested by the narrow alleys in the district.

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