Chapter 447, Cairo's Rite of Passage

After putting things away and putting on the appropriate clothes again, Ye Kai was ready to go out and walk around the streets of Cairo...... Take the elevator downstairs and pass by the lobby......

"Mr. Ye!"

was shouted at, Ye Kai looked back and found that it was the girl at the front desk who had checked him in before.

"Hello, anything else?"

He thought that there were any other procedures that he had not gone through and needed to make up for them, after all, this was a country he had never been to before, and it was normal to have any special procedures that needed to be handled.

"No, is it the first time Mr. Ye has come to Egypt? It's better not to eat snacks on the street outside, it's better to go to a bigger restaurant to eat, or our hotel also has a restaurant." ”

"Yes, I see. ”

It turned out to remind himself, Ye Kai smiled, nodded slightly to show gratitude, and said, "Thank you for the reminder, I will pay attention." ”

After walking out of the hotel, Ye Kai went straight to the Nile, with no luggage and no computer on his body, only a micro-single was taken by Ye Kai to take pictures of the scenery he saw in Cairo.

The Nile has always been one of the lifeblood of civilization on Earth, and its waters flow to the feet of Cleopatla, Joseph, Moses, the Crusaders and the ancient Egyptian pharaohs, all of whom have bathed in the river.

The people of Egypt have always believed that the river is a gift from heaven.

Having such a wide river on such a continent full of dry yellow sand is, of course, God's love for this land, and it is precisely because of this that there is such a mysterious civilization as ancient Egypt.

The banks of the Nile River in the new city have been specially built for tourists to stop and watch the Nile, and walk down the steps to the river, and when standing in front of the railing, the Nile is only about one or two meters away from Ye Kai.

There are yachts, fishing boats, merchant ships in the river, and the old fisherman who drives the fishing boat smokes a cigarette and keeps his eyes on the bottom of the river, as if he has a pair of eyes that can see through the Nile.

Most of the yachts are tourists, and the sound of laughter and laughter echoes over the Nile, making this ancient and serious river now full of the atmosphere of a new era.

The river breeze blew and clung the clothes Ye Kai was wearing to his body.

The temperature here is a bit cooler, and because of the riverside, the air on this platform is not too dry, and if you just look at the area in front of you, no one will think that this is Egypt.

Ye Kai clicked and took a few photos.

When the wind was comfortable enough, he turned around and left to find a place to eat.

Although the beauty at the front desk reminded Ye Kai not to eat Cairo's food indiscriminately, in fact, Ye Kai had already been mentally prepared, although he had never been to Egypt, he had been to Africa.

No matter how bad the food is, it can't be worse than Zambia.

After writing down the map of this place, Ye Kai can roughly know his location when he walks on the street, and if he exceeds the map, he takes out his mobile phone to remember it again to ensure that he will not get lost.

However, if you know Arabic and English, you should not be unable to find your way in Cairo, after all, you can ask passers-by.

The place Ye Kai is going to is the old city of Cairo, but he is now facing a difficult problem.

That's to cross this road.

He had never found it difficult to cross a road in his life, but now he encountered it, this road has four lanes, and there are four lanes on the opposite side that go to the left, so it takes eight lanes to cross this road.

But Ye Kai walked a long distance and didn't see a traffic light.

The traffic is full of traffic, the car never stops, just like the intersection of a busy neighborhood, and it is amazing that these cars can still drive steadily without traffic lights.

And the people who want to cross the road are all crossing the road.

To be honest, Ye Kai really didn't want to cross the road, but after walking far away and not seeing a traffic light, he was already wondering if there was no such thing as a traffic light in Cairo?

But I saw it when I drove over.

It's a new town!

There is no way, the farther you go now, the farther you will return after crossing the road, Ye Kai can only follow the group that is about to cross the road across this wide road.

It is a family of five, a couple with three children.

The eldest child was twelve or thirteen years old, and the two youngest children, a boy and a girl, were both less than five years old, and were held in the arms of their parents, and seeing Ye Kai's nervous appearance, the man asked in Arabic:

"You're a tourist?"

Ye Kai nodded and said, "Of course." ”

His eyes kept looking at the cars coming from the right, there were too many, which made Ye Kai, who was walking on the road, feel that he was playing some kind of dodge game, but fortunately, the speed of the car was very slow.

The man found that Ye Kai could speak Arabic, and said with a smile: "Don't worry friends, it's okay to walk on such a highway with your eyes closed, there is a saying I don't know if foreigners have ever heard, that is, the coming-of-age ceremony in Cairo is to be hit by a car on the road once." ”

"Huh? The coming-of-age ceremony was hit by a car once?"

What does this mean? Could it be that everyone in Cairo has been hit by a car? Ye Kai, who had already crossed the first highway when he spoke, was in a slightly relaxed mood after completing half of the achievement of crossing the highway.

It doesn't seem to be very dangerous.

Cars here drive very slowly in the city, and because people often run out of front, the speed is stable enough to brake the car with one foot of the brake.

In addition, the two adults who crossed the highway were holding children, and basically crossed these lanes with a steady and uniform pace, which was much more skilled than Ye Kai.

"Yes, haha, friend, are you an international student at Cairo University?"

"No, I'm not a student anymore. ”

"Then you speak Arabic quite well, it seems that you are a first-time visitor to Egypt and have been learning Arabic for a long time, right?"

Yes, I've been learning since yesterday......

"I've been learning Chinese languages since I was a child, but it's the first time I've been in Egypt, and I've been blown away by the scenery and history...... Gives me a headache. ”

"Hahaha. ”

When he arrived at the other end of the road, Ye Kai had already shed some cold sweat behind his back, put the relatively thin clothes on his back, and looked back at the two roads......

The traffic is weaving.

If he really didn't dare to do this in Huaxia, it would be too dangerous.

The Arabs who came with Ye Kai looked to be about forty years old, the man was wearing short sleeves with red and white bars and jeans, and the woman was wearing a black Arabic robe that wrapped her head, revealing only one face.

It's all quite tanned, but the overall look is not the same race as the black people in South Africa.

After passing through these cars, they put the children on the ground and let them walk on their own, and said to Ye Kai: "Friend, I wish you a happy journey." ”

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After bidding farewell to this episode, Ye Kai soon came to the old city of Cairo along a street. That is, the legendary city of gold.

The old town is far from the Nile, the air is dry and there is no wind. When walking in such a place, you have to pay attention to your mentality, and the more impatient you are, the hotter you feel.

The old street that Ye Kai walked away was only three or four meters wide, and there were shops on both sides, but the area of the shops was very small, so the bosses occupied part of the street to place their goods.

This is like a lot of small alleys in China, where there is everything but most of them are handicrafts or souvenirs.

There are lifelike desert wolves, Egyptian cats, miniature Egyptian stone statues, stone monuments, and much more.

Occasionally, he could hear some Western style music, and Ye Kai followed the sound to trace the past, but it was not played by street performers, but by the owner of the shop.

It looks like a pedestrian street, but cars can actually come in.

People let the car, the car let people, sometimes the car really can't move, just honk the horn...... When the owner of the shop heard this, he would quickly come out and put away the tent with a little shade so that the car could pass.

There are too many people in Cairo.

The city is small, but the population is equal to the total population of the whole of Australia, and they are all crammed into this crowded, sprawling city, and there is not enough space for cars or people.

On the first day of coming, Ye Kai noticed a completely different scene from the city he had been to before.