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Every amount of modern stores.  [[red underline]] Streets remind of similar streets in Marseille, [[/red underline]] France and [[red underline]] Continental Europe is the gradual transition of the East to the West [[/red underline]] in customs, morals, habits, laws, etc. 
The Egyptian pound is 1 sterling higher than the English - is guaranteed by Britain. Generally everything is rather expensive. - Why? Labor seems cheap and abundant. Is it due to taxes? Or is it simply exploitation of foreign visitor?  See [[red underline]] German free [[/red underline]] sold in several cafes.  
[[red underline]] Fezzed crowd generally drink small cups of strong thick coffee [[/red underline]] 
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[[left margin in red]] Cairo [[/left margin]] 
Arab women have a blue tattoed, arrow between eye brows pointing downwards. Am told this is due to insure long life. 
Egyptian women veiled below eyes and wear a gilded cylinder on the arch of the nose which extends to the forehead and to which veil is attached. [[red underline]] Women of highest class [[/red underline]] have a thin white transparent silken [[strikethrough]] vail [[/strikethrough]] veil. [[red underline]] All seem to wear latest high-heeled European shoes. Dragoman men and other turbaned long robed Egyptians wear either red or yellow colored pointed sandals [[/red underline]] or latest European shoes preferably russet leather. 
[[red underline]] First class restaurants [[/red underline]] quite an experience as the [[red underline]] most expensive in New York. [[/red underline]]
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