I Love the Night Time...

The Arabic word for light is shaams and, might I add, it's written very prettily in script. So, after an moderatly uneventful night out which included dinner at the infamous Felafel (where all the important dignitaries go when they visit Cairo)


Walking around afterwards we came upon El Shaams area which was loaded with light shops punctuated with coffee/shisha bars and little cafes all selling the same thing -koshery. The main streets, side streets, every street filled with lights. Turn a corner and there are more shops, and carts, every type of lighting imaginable - and then some. All. Turned. On. It was like we dropped down a rabbit hole and into these alleys and streets filled with lights. Either that or electricity is insanely cheap due to government subsidies.
Did I mention the restaurant actually served wine? It was only 10 egyptian pounds per glass - they were a bit on the small side - but it felt like I hit the jackpot.
Anyway - these are the only surviving pictures. The others were inexplicably messed up and I'm not sure I could find the place again.







This entire area makes the lighting departments at Home Depot/Ikea look empty.