After a day of relaxing at the hotel we took the hotel trip to the Old Market, where we ate out and shopped for bargains.
Next to the main square with the mosque is another smaller square with 2 waterfalls flowing over fake rocks, into a pool at the bottom. Water in the desert to represent luxury?
When you looked beyond our behind the shops or restaurants you could see the rubbish piled up and poor living conditions.
The restaurant we chose (quickly to get into the air conditioning) had views of the huge mosque which dominates the square. Between us we ate tagine, fajitas, kofta and lamb shank. The staff were very friendly and keen we were enjoying ourselves and the food.
The market is more a huge range of shops, some of them big and others very small, rarely with prices on display, so haggling is important.
We set the boys a challenge to get the best items for USD$10. Peter won with 2 football shirts, but in general we discovered it was best to have Egyptian pounds to get the best prices.
After thinking we'd be killing time before the bus home 3 hours after we set off, we were dashing to check out the final shops. Haggling for each item takes time! One of the shops had some luxury leather items but with limited time we didn't even venture into bartering.
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