Cairo, Egypt by Arun - Oh The Places We'll Go (sitios de interés)
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by Arun
Welcome to Cairothe capital of Egypt a very cultural city and the largest city in Africa.People from Cairo are very welcoming people so come see this amazing place!
Cairo, Egypt is located inthe continent of Africa. It is about 30 degrees latitude and 31 degreeslongitude. The best way for us to get there is by air but people from a nearbycity::text like Giza would use a car. Cairo is about 50 kilometers from Giza.
Cairo is a nice hot place but be careful you don’t want to get caught ina sandstorm they are rough. Bring shorts and a tee-shirt in the day but, itgets cold at night so still bring some warmer clothes.
Many people know about the pyramids in Gizaand the sphinx. But did you know that thesphinx’s nose was thought to been blown off by Napoleon’s gunners? The sphinx’sbody is a lion and the head is o the pharaoh who designed the sphinx.
The Great Pyramids are in the outskirts of Cairo the biggest of thethree is called Cheops named after the pharaoh buried there. Each block weighedabout 2.5 tons they were cut so precisely that a sharp knife can’t be squeezedin the seams. https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHq9ruCh_55eN00ArOFtlO72BA6dp4cF2Lirk1QmyHKehfcgUK3A
The Cairo tower is590 feet high! Its views of Cairo are amazing.The tower is one of Cairo’s largest buildings. It is close to the Nile, the longest river on earth, so you have agreat view of that too. The Nile begins in central Africa traveling throughEgypt to the Mediterranean Sea. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQxE_D3wo-0jqpimDehI_t4Usn7Ixx729RyU7vKvntYP0GIBWpCBg
Didyou know that some boys can’t afford soccer balls, so they stuff old socks withrags instead? There is a president and aprime minister that help to govern the country. The currency is the EgyptianPound ($1= 6.73 Egyptian Pounds).
Sources:
Cairo, Conrad Stein
Egypt, Joseph Hobbs