Cairo, Egypt: Drum Beats and Dusty Streets
cairo… where the air tastes like ancient dust and the streets hum with a thousand different drumbeats. i landed here after a gig in amsterdam, my cymbals still vibrating in my ears. the numbers 349156 and 1818406704? no clue what they mean, but maybe they’re the coordinates to a secret jam session. the weather right now is 26.93°c, feels like 26.01°c-dry heat that’ll crisp your skin if you’re not careful. i just checked and it's dry and warm there right now, hope you like that kind of thing.
if you get bored, giza and luxor are just a short drive away, but honestly, cairo’s chaos is enough to keep you busy for weeks. someone told me that the pyramids glow at sunset if you squint just right, but i think they were pulling my leg. still, i heard that the local drummers near khan el-khalili play until the stars come out, and that’s reason enough to stay.
i found a tiny drum shop tucked behind a spice stall. the owner, a wiry guy named *mohamed, let me try out a darbuka. his hands moved like water, and i felt like a toddler banging on pots. he laughed and said, "you have the rhythm of a camel with hiccups." i’ll take that as a compliment.
for food, felfela on shari emad el-din is where the locals swear by the falafel. i ate there twice in one day because, well, it’s that good. and if you’re into coffee, qahwet el-bain serves a cardamom brew that’ll wake you up faster than a snare roll.
check out tripadvisor* for more spots, or just wander until you hear music spilling from a doorway. cairo doesn’t hand you a map-it throws you into the rhythm and expects you to keep up. and somehow, you do.
[tags: travel, cairo, human, vibe, messy]
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