When a foreigner nowadays thinks "Egypt", he or she immediately thinks of corruption and revolution and absolutely no peace. Now, that may be right up to a certain point, however I would like to prove them wrong in this post.
One of the nights I traveled with my cousin, my brother, and two other kids to an affluent district inside Cairo called Mohandessin. This literally means "engineers" in Arabic. Mohandessin is one of the cleanest and richest areas I've ever seen in my entire life. I loved the few hours that we spent there. It was a very modern place and the contemporary touch to the buildings made me temporarily forget which country I was in. I realized I loved this place so much because it wasn't in a state of turmoil like the rest of the country.
Like I mentioned, Mohandessin is a very modern place. All the shops are very new and clean and even the streets are very clean. And every single car parked along the side of the road was either a BMW or a Mercedes-Benz (2010-2011). This place proved one thing; it proved that Egypt really has a problem with distributing wealth. The middle class is slowly disappearing and you're either very rich or very poor. Just take a look one more time at the photo above; perfect representation of Cairo.
Mohandessin is also one of those twenty four hour places in the city. I realized this because it houses many high-end restaurants, five star hotels, bars, and one of the two red-light districts in Egypt (unfortunately). I only found this fact out when we left the area. One of the shops we went into that night was a clothing store and it was a very clean yet expensive place. Inside the store I saw a completely different side of Egyptians; for lack of a better term: cleaner Egyptians.
One of the two kids that went with us that night resided in Mohandessin. He was one of those well-off kids. That was mainly the reason why we went there that night; it was to drop him off and take a tour of the place a little bit. I bet living in Mohandessin really showed an elaborate side of luxurious city living and I really liked that a lot.
One of the nights I traveled with my cousin, my brother, and two other kids to an affluent district inside Cairo called Mohandessin. This literally means "engineers" in Arabic. Mohandessin is one of the cleanest and richest areas I've ever seen in my entire life. I loved the few hours that we spent there. It was a very modern place and the contemporary touch to the buildings made me temporarily forget which country I was in. I realized I loved this place so much because it wasn't in a state of turmoil like the rest of the country.
Like I mentioned, Mohandessin is a very modern place. All the shops are very new and clean and even the streets are very clean. And every single car parked along the side of the road was either a BMW or a Mercedes-Benz (2010-2011). This place proved one thing; it proved that Egypt really has a problem with distributing wealth. The middle class is slowly disappearing and you're either very rich or very poor. Just take a look one more time at the photo above; perfect representation of Cairo.
Mohandessin is also one of those twenty four hour places in the city. I realized this because it houses many high-end restaurants, five star hotels, bars, and one of the two red-light districts in Egypt (unfortunately). I only found this fact out when we left the area. One of the shops we went into that night was a clothing store and it was a very clean yet expensive place. Inside the store I saw a completely different side of Egyptians; for lack of a better term: cleaner Egyptians.
One of the two kids that went with us that night resided in Mohandessin. He was one of those well-off kids. That was mainly the reason why we went there that night; it was to drop him off and take a tour of the place a little bit. I bet living in Mohandessin really showed an elaborate side of luxurious city living and I really liked that a lot.
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