Cairo Cars

If there is one constant in the city like many of its ilk is the constant toot of car horns that simply do not stop at any time of day or night.

The weight of traffic dominates life in the city, a 10 block journey a major expedition. A car is not so much a mean of transport as a musical weapon of choice.

We walked to Tahrir Square, logic would dictate that in this city devoted to the car, van and lorry that the most sensible place to be is the pavement (sidewalk). Nice idea, however natives of Cairo when not in a virtual car park in the middle of the road manage to park nose to tail taking up every inch of space next to the footpath. When I say nose to tail and every inch I mean just that with cars parked touching each other front and back. The upshot of which is makes walking on pavements very difficult - no gaps to cross roads, so on many of the side roads you join the rest of the locals and walk in the road.

Cairo loves the car.
Peter Jackson
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