Constantine P. Cavafy Museum in Alexandria, Egypt.

The Cavafy Museum, 4 Sharia Sharm el Sheikh, is run under the auspices of the Cultural Section of the Greek Embassy in Cairo and is open Tues -Sun 10.00 - 15.00.

The Greek poet, Constantine P. Cavafy, is inextricably bound to the city of Alexandria, where he lived most of his life. His parents were from Constantinople. but Cavafy was born in Alexandria on 29 April 1863, and he died there on the same day in 1933. In Cavafy's days, Alexandria was a cosmopolitan city with a Bohemian atmosphere. It rivalled Paris and proved a powerful stimulus for literary output with one- third of its population of foreign origin, among them T.E. Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, Evelyn Waugh, Lawrence Durrell and E.M. Forster.

Travel Photo: Giza, Sphynx and a Camel

You may count yourself lucky, if you can take a photo of Giza, the sphinx and a camel without paying for the priviledge. It is a well-known fact that tourists equal bakshees. I’m quite willing to give a tip, but not for a photo of a camel and a pyramid. Friendly, but persisting guides will show you hidden hieroglyphs, which you would have found anyway. They will tell you from which where to snap the best photo and how to mount a camel. Giving tips are an essential part of a trip to the pyramids of Giza, there is nothing wrong in with this. I’m perfectly willing to tip, but only when someone has helped me in a special way. I know wages in Egypt are low and a tip is an essential extra, but it should not be an obligation.