Comments on: Four Days in Cairo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/07/06/four-days-in-cairo/ Where science collides with life, slams into culture, crashes with politics, and gets totaled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Beryl Benderly http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/07/06/four-days-in-cairo/#comment-106856 Beryl Benderly Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:36:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=19368#comment-106856 Ditto to what David said. Chris has caught the flavor of our visit, and the city is a tourist's paradise at the moment, with the justly celebrate sites almost devoid of visitors and the local people very friendly, polite and well-disposed to Americans nonetheless. Ditto to what David said. Chris has caught the flavor of our visit, and the city is a tourist’s paradise at the moment, with the justly celebrate sites almost devoid of visitors and the local people very friendly, polite and well-disposed to Americans nonetheless.

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]]> By: Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/07/06/four-days-in-cairo/#comment-106816 Chris Mooney Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:06:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=19368#comment-106816 Thanks David. A strong second. Unfortunately, what has been bad for the country--economic contraction and devaluation of currency--tends to benefit the tourist right now. Thanks David. A strong second. Unfortunately, what has been bad for the country–economic contraction and devaluation of currency–tends to benefit the tourist right now.

]]> By: David Dobbs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/07/06/four-days-in-cairo/#comment-106787 David Dobbs Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:23:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/?p=19368#comment-106787 A nice quick wrap of this, Chris; I feel pretty much the same way about all of it. Hope to post a few thoughts soon on this myself, especially the workshop and the stunning and moving visit to Tahrir Square. In the meantime, folks, I'll say this: I don't think there's ever been a BETTER time to visit Egypt. Few other tourists; a world of treasures — the Egyptian Museum is truly one of the world's wonders (not to mention the pyramids, the Nile, etc); and an incredibly interesting time, with everyone thinking and pondering the future of a country and culture that's existed, in essence, for millenia. And especially if you hire a car and guide, which costs about what a good meal does, you will be quite safe. A nice quick wrap of this, Chris; I feel pretty much the same way about all of it. Hope to post a few thoughts soon on this myself, especially the workshop and the stunning and moving visit to Tahrir Square.

In the meantime, folks, I’ll say this: I don’t think there’s ever been a BETTER time to visit Egypt. Few other tourists; a world of treasures — the Egyptian Museum is truly one of the world’s wonders (not to mention the pyramids, the Nile, etc); and an incredibly interesting time, with everyone thinking and pondering the future of a country and culture that’s existed, in essence, for millenia. And especially if you hire a car and guide, which costs about what a good meal does, you will be quite safe.

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