![Feluccas passing the Grand Hyatt Hotel on the Nile at Cairo](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706498.JgI9vopF.CairoNile8.jpg) Feluccas passing the Grand Hyatt Hotel on the Nile at Cairo |
![Young lovers, looking east across the Nile from El Gezira](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/162318120.nfglvXcx.CairoNile11.jpg) Young lovers, looking east across the Nile from El Gezira |
![Feluccas on the Nile at Cairo](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/140707941.TLmq1qwX.CairoNile7.jpg) Feluccas on the Nile at Cairo |
![Looking east across the Nile, Sofitel El Gezira Hotel is at left.](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/140707942.0uIwchUT.CairoNile5.jpg) Looking east across the Nile, Sofitel El Gezira Hotel is at left. |
![Banks of the Nile](https://a4.pbase.com/o9/39/733439/1/140706496.o59UusPm.CairoNile3.jpg) Banks of the Nile |
![New Opera House, Gezira](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706719.3NgfXJkl.NewOperaHse2.jpg) New Opera House, Gezira |
![A period mansion on Gezira Island](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706718.wNArgj68.CairoGezira1.jpg) A period mansion on Gezira Island |
![Military hospital, a former palace on Corniche El Nil](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140707741.cwMJZQpP.CairoStreets10.jpg) Military hospital, a former palace on Corniche El Nil |
![All calm in Tahrir Square - for now](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706269.igxjQBsn.TahrirCalm4.jpg) All calm in Tahrir Square - for now |
![Not revolution, just business as usual](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140782718.jv7qwZAW.Revolution6.jpg) Not revolution, just business as usual |
![The Egyptian Antiquities Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706271.cMPO1B2m.EgMuseum2.jpg) The Egyptian Antiquities Museum |
![Crossroads at Midan Talaat Harb](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706716.lctNuRKW.M.TalaatHarb2.jpg) Crossroads at Midan Talaat Harb |
![Midan Talaat Harb](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706715.aCfcJ9kx.M.TalaatHarb1.jpg) Midan Talaat Harb |
![Groppi coffee house on Midan Talaat Harb](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140707930.LyvEghjx.Grossi2.jpg) Groppi coffee house on Midan Talaat Harb |
![Groppi coffee house, Midan Talaat Harb](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140707931.dq8h5Kpi.Grossi1.jpg) Groppi coffee house, Midan Talaat Harb |
![Midan Opera (the 1860s opera house burnt down in 1971)](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706717.AJEGsVwB.MidanOpera.jpg) Midan Opera (the 1860s opera house burnt down in 1971) |
![Art Deco apartment buildings](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706272.39KqjgkD.CairoDowntown1.jpg) Art Deco apartment buildings |
![Fresh from the bakery on a Friday morning](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706273.XqOdNMbW.CairoDowntown2.jpg) Fresh from the bakery on a Friday morning |
![Fresh fruit at a Friday market](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706274.zdz28LXC.CairoDowntown4.jpg) Fresh fruit at a Friday market |
![Fresh fruit at a Friday market](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706275.BVlRABeb.CairoDowntown5.jpg) Fresh fruit at a Friday market |
![Fresh fruit set out at a Friday market](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706493.Oa1C60lB.StackedApples.jpg) Fresh fruit set out at a Friday market |
![Art Deco hotel building](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706276.5BMFD1VD.CairoDowntown8.jpg) Art Deco hotel building |
![Art Deco buildings](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706277.qZXAAnUW.CairoDowntown9.jpg) Art Deco buildings |
![Art Deco buildings](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706278.PArdRgdw.CairoDowntown10.jpg) Art Deco buildings |
![Nameplates beside a doorway](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/39/733439/1/140706279.LoFizVhw.CairoDowntown11.jpg) Nameplates beside a doorway |
![Grand entrance](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140782580.P3Yjfr9j.CairoDowntown12.jpg) Grand entrance |
![Art Deco buildings](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706280.lK0eg8dm.CairoDowntown14.jpg) Art Deco buildings |
![Art Deco buildings](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706281.nJ7yUufN.CairoDowntown16.jpg) Art Deco buildings |
![Women's wear store](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706282.YY5xbCp9.CairoDowntown17.jpg) Women's wear store |
![French-language sign](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706283.7xwXtL4a.CairoDowntown18.jpg) French-language sign |
![The heavily-guarded synagogue on Sharia Adly](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706284.OV3oxTd5.CairoDowntown19.jpg) The heavily-guarded synagogue on Sharia Adly |
![Art Deco building details](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706285.TDgQTM0n.CairoDowntown22.jpg) Art Deco building details |
![Art Deco bank building](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706289.mSvH7n3x.CairoDowntown26.jpg) Art Deco bank building |
![Shisha pipes ready to fire up](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706288.67E3x9qK.CairoDowntown24.jpg) Shisha pipes ready to fire up |
![El Abd confectioners, perenially busy](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/39/733439/1/140706290.C0WD7qql.CairoDowntown27.jpg) El Abd confectioners, perenially busy |
![Inside a restaurant on 26th July Street](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706292.cc9l3UKS.CairoDowntown28.jpg) Inside a restaurant on 26th July Street |
![Stephenson's Pharmacy, almost unchanged since the Forties.](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140707737.BIUpp8fa.CairoDowntown29.jpg) Stephenson's Pharmacy, almost unchanged since the Forties. |
![Old-fashioned pharmacy](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/140706293.GdSIXRHx.CairoDowntown30.jpg) Old-fashioned pharmacy |
![Just another night](https://a4.pbase.com/o10/39/733439/1/140707982.uDJYL5Na.CairoDowntown32.jpg) Just another night |
![A fading Chevrolet Bel Air, parked in a back street](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/39/733439/1/140809409.sDsiutxI.CairoChevy2.jpg) A fading Chevrolet Bel Air, parked in a back street |