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He followed us up and tried to do the follow me routine again. We just turned away from him and stared at the exhibits. And finally he left. The second floor was all skins of animals and lots of taxidermied animals-crocs, hippos, you name it. There were also models of farming methods and tools displayed. Almost all of the info was in Arabic though. We didn’t see the mummified bull-I think that’s what the “go” man was trying to push us through to see, but we didn’t feel like following him again.
We were walking towards the exit and another man grabbed us and grabbed some keys and started opening musty rooms that had all Arabic explanations. Some were rooms about irrigation and some were about fetal development and others were about lethal insect bites and leprosy. The pictures were pretty disturbing and I wouldn’t have gone in there if I’d known-especially because there is no explanation in English or any other language (other than Arabic). He of course asked for a tip too but politely said “Thank you” for his 3LE.
After that we thought we’d try and hit another museum. We got there at 1:30 I think and the guard told us where to buy tickets, but we decided to get some water since it was really hot first. We went to a gas station across the street and came back and the guard said “Hey! Closed!” So it’s a good thing we didn’t buy tickets to be pushed through another museum. Everything is closed an hour or so earlier than usual because of Ramadan now.
We were already very close to Mme. Raqia’s by now, so we decided just to walk down to the Cairo Zoo for another visit. Once again, as soon as we walked someone started calling for us to come to see the lions-we just kept walking. We actually missed the lions the last time we went, so we set out for them first.
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