Written 26 Jan. We headed west from El Alamein to Alexandria. A very different city from the rest of Egypt but just as dirty on the way in. Worse, really, because there's a vast industrial area, very smelly in parts.
Several of us were very keen to see the wonderful Alexandria Library; 13 got off the bus to do that and the others went on to the hotel. It is breathtaking for its architecture, it's facilities, it's art, it's museums, a library for the visually impaired, an 'Internet archives' which contains ALL the websites created from 1996 to 2007 (I think I've got the years right). A bookshop, a Conference Centre, History of Printing Exhibition. One of the most marvellous buildings I have ever seen. Google it and have a look. Outside is the planetarium, a complete sphere, suspended in the air like a real planet.
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