It was almost 11:00 AM when we arrived at the Cairo International Airport, which is old and relatively small for the size of the city (and somewhat messy). Our guide was already there waiting for us with a sign with our names and explained us the immigration procedure, which was quite simple. We just went to one of the exchange counters and asked for the Visa stamp, which was glued to an empty page of our passport. After that, we went to the immigration officer, who asked a couple of questions about the reason for our visit, profession etc, then let us in. Then we waited for our bags and after some time we were happy to see them. The customs inspection was kind of a joke and consisted of an official holding the bag to see if it was heavy or not.
On the long way to the hotel we could have an idea of the city, where the building are usually the color of the sand, which is the predominant landscape. The traffic was chaotic, sometimes resembling India. The Barcelo Pyramids Hotel seems to be a nice hotel and hopefully the breakfast tomorrow will be good.
We spent the rest of the day walking around the area of the Al Haram avenue where our hotel is located. We had lunch an Italian restaurant in the closed by Cairo Mall.
The photos are from Al Haram avenue scenes and one of them from outside the airport. Tomorrow we are scheduled to visit the pyramids and other interesting touristic points.
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