Cairo Backpackers Travel Wiki

The "Mother of all cities", as Cairo is known to Egyptians, is a sprawling metropolis lying on the banks of the River Nile. It is a city of minarets and graceful domes and dirt and pollution, of oriental bazaars and medieval buildings, and squalor and poverty. With a population of 18 million highly excitable, noisy, and "baksheesh" demanding people, Cairo is an exciting, frustrating, fantastically interesting city and one that should never be missed.

Daily Budget
Pick-pocketing and haggling are the two facets of life in Cairo that will never go away, so don't carry your money ...