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BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM November 23, 1997
Sunrise (local): 6:22 a.m. Sunset (local): 4:59 p.m.	Weather 75°F
Traveled Since Yesterday 0 m / 0 km Cumulative 1163 mi / 1873 km	Lat: 30° 02' 29" N Lon: 31° 13' 19" E Elev: 220 ft / 67 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Cairo
Where We're Staying: Bodmin Guest House
Places We Visited: Old (or Coptic) Cairo
Featured Site: "Living cemetery" in Old Cairo
Person of the Day: Shady Samir
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: baba ganouj; Breakfast: Bodmin House special; Lunch: falafel sandwiches; Dinner: Gals — veggie pizza; Guys — kushari; Olive Count: 1156
Word of the Day: Lazeez means "delicious" in Arabic.
Tech Fact of the Day: Egyptian Arabic: Flat Count (Cumulative): 3; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 17


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