With nearly 23 million people in Cairo, this city is crowded and lively. Farmers mind their sheep and wash their cattle near the river, fruit and vegetable stands sit on every street corner, bright and beautiful garments decorate and fully cover the women, hole-in-the-wall restaurants offer falafel for lunch, young boys sit on top of donkey and oxen carts carrying fresh produce, women sell bread, straight from the sidewalk's oven into your hands, and police monitor nearly every street corner, helping with tourism and traffic. In the distance, the sound of car and bus horns pierce the air, reminding everyone of the sever traffic congestion that sits just outside the city center.
