Cairo: We've spent the last two days in Cairo, whose manic sultry streets I had envisaged, traffic hurtles pass relentlessly and crossing roads can be quite vexing. On more than one occasion the curb side proved the site for encounters with the locals, happy to volunteer advice on the simple predicament of road crossing. Some were more practical than others, one man explaining how you had to turn your back to incoming traffic and walk boldly, only then would d...