One of the things that strikes you about the city of Cairo (and Giza) is that the buildings look terrible. Very few of the residence buildings are completed. Our guide advised that this is a way to avoid taxes, as apparently incomplete buildings are taxed much lower. It sure makes the residences look ugly, especially at night, when you can see that they don’t have windows but people are still living there. You can see carpets & towels over windows, even see right into people’s living areas, and it can look rather sad.
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| Incomplete buildings – they almost all look this way! |
| Vendors hawking their wares at the Giza Pyramids |
| The Giza Pyramids |
| Dayna stands before the largest pyramid at Giza. Notice the jaggy edge. The smooth part up high is what is left of the smooth cap that used to be on all of them! |