Korba

Korba is a burst of excitement. Great cafes and shopping. Beautiful and elegant architectural style (almost reminds me of Jaipur the "pink city" of Rajasthan). With the proximity of the presidential palace it has also been transformed and back again into a small war zone of barbed wire and barricades and rows of gunmen to a return to the usual cacophony of daily sights and sounds of life in Cairo

Trendy Restaurants

Egypt (and by Egypt I mostly mean Cairo and Alexandria) has a large and growing selection of restaurants, cafes and night clubs. Great food, great atmosphere, and great company.  Cairo 360 is a great site to dig the latest reviews on where to go. Other sites to check out include Yallabina, CairoDining, and VirtualTourist.

Bumper Cars

Remember all the fun you had as a kid driving bumper cars? Well, in Egypt (and in Cairo especially) driving on a daily basis is a bit like that. ;-) Fortunately the car shops are really great with repair work.

Stairclimbing Heaven

"Elevators are for wimps"

Egypt, or at least Cairo, is a place teeming with multitudes of towering apartment buildings.

After a long day at work, you come home and find that you have to climb four, perhaps seven, or quite possibly even more flights of stairs. Either your building doesn't have an elevator (like mine) or perhaps yours is out of order or is crowded with people. 

FABULOUS I say! Fabulous.

In a city where there are not enough walking spaces or bicycle paths, having to climb up and down a flight of stairs at least twice a day is a blessing in disguise.

Stairclimbing is a fabulous aerobic exercise (especially if you are laden with packages and/or with a small child).

In fact, climbing stairs provides you with a total body workout, burning calories in half the time of other exercise!

The feeling you get when you finally reach your destination floor is incredible. Each time my young 4 year old does it, I congratulate her and tell her I'm so proud of her for making it all the way to the top by herself. 

Cairenes, next time you are tired and not feeling up to the climb, get yourself pumped by thinking about these guys:

FABULOUS Running Raw video on US Bank Tower StairClimb

Or listen to these guys:

Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven