Cairo

                                                                                                Longest Bridge in Africa - 6.5 K

RHODA ISLAND AND OLD CAIRO

Cairo had been set aside as little more than a fortress beside the Nile , guarding a crossing point on the route between the ancient Egyptian cities of Heliopoli and Memphis . When Arab general Amr Ibn al-Ass set up camp, he built a capital nearby, the future foundation of Cairo .  

The ancient part of Cairo city contains a bastion Egyptian Christianity, Coptic Cairo, and Ben Ezra Synagogue.  It is the oldest synagogue in Egypt . It has been heavily restored.  

The Hanging Church is the most beautiful of Cairo ’s churches.  It has an ornately decorated interior consisting of three barrel-vaulted, wooden roofed aisles, ivory inlaid screens and a finely carved marble pulpit.

                            Oldest Synagogue In Egypt                             Nile can be heard through holes basement

Place in Bulrushes Where Moses was Found                    One of Oldest Walls in Cairo

Hanging Church

Looking through to see there's no building beneath "Hanging" Church

Boating Back to Lunch

Baking the Bread for Lunch

Made-up Bed on Boat

(didn't know where else to put pictures)