Chapter 1168: Alexandria

Except for Du Xuetao, who is a top student, the other three fun-loving young people heard about Zhang Zian's itinerary. Go to Alexandria and Mahru Port with him for sightseeing, and take a bath in Cleopatra's bath, maybe you can improve your beauty.

Due to the long distance, Zhang Zian thought that Wei Kang would object, but Wei Kang just pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "That's fine, our field expedition route will also pass through Alexandria Port and Mahru Port in two days, and then From the Siwa Oasis to the Great Western Desert, it happens that you go first, and you can be regarded as exploring the way for us."

"it is good."

Zhang Zian was afraid that Wei Kang would repent, so he quickly agreed.

"Then you are busy, I will go first."

After he said goodbye, he trotted back to his room and announced, "Let's go!"

Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city. It has the Great Pyramid, the first of the seven wonders of the world, and is the tourist center of the entire Middle East and North Africa. Alexandria is the last capital of ancient Egypt and the second largest city in modern times. It has the end of the seven wonders of the world. The Lighthouse of Alexandria is a famous seaport and industrial city. Many multinational companies are headquartered in Alexandria, so these two cities can be called the Twin Walls of Egypt. They are the two most important cities in Egypt.

Therefore, the road between Cairo and Alexandria is in good condition and is the benchmark of intercity roads in Egypt, with smooth and open roads.

Starting from Cairo, Zhang Zian was heading northwest almost at a positive 135 degrees.

The advent of Ramadan has reduced the number of vehicles on the road. He increased the speed of the car to the highest speed allowed by the speed limit to save as much time as possible, and the family station wagon borrowed from Razat was speeding on the highway.

There are billowing yellow sands in the distance on both sides of the road, but the greenery is good nearby. Rows of tall date palm trees and low shrubs form an endless green passage, which makes people forget for a while that the country has 95 % is a desert fact.

A major specialty of Cairo is dates. Due to the long hours of sunshine, local fruits including dates are insanely cheap and have high sugar content, making them very sweet to eat. Many people will buy several large bags of dates before leaving Egypt. Take it back home as a souvenir.

Zhang Zian also has this plan, but it's still too early to return home, so don't worry.

The elves looked at the date palms passing by at high speed on both sides of the car window before they were fresh for a few minutes, and then they each dozed off.

After more than two hours of driving, the station wagon approached Alexandria. In addition to date palm trees, on both sides of the road, you can occasionally see large banana plantations, as well as orchards planted with grapes, apples, and oranges. The fruit fragrance is overflowing. , the air is filled with sweet and greasy taste everywhere.

The closer you get to Alexandria, the richer the surrounding colors.

In addition to red, orange, yellow and other orchards, industrial development zones began to appear on both sides of the expressway. The blue glass curtain wall reflects the sunlight, giving people the feeling of a modern city, which is completely different from the gray-faced appearance of the old city of Cairo. Different, the road is also very clean.

The free industrial zone in Alexandria is equivalent to Zhongguancun in China and Silicon Valley in the United States. With the tourism industry dependent on the sky, it carries the hope of Egypt's industrial revitalization-but the hope is still relatively slim.

Zhang Zian woke up the elves and reminded them that they had arrived in Alexandria, why not simply take a tour here, have lunch in advance and then set off for Mahru Port.

This proposal fell right into Fina's arms, and the other elves had no objections. The only one who might have objections, Shihua, was still sleeping in his phone.

But where to eat lunch?

The station wagon drove into the urban area of ​​Alexandria, and a familiar smell—the smell of the sea, penetrated into the car through the closed windows.

"Follow them."

Vladimir's eyes suddenly lit up, and he patted Zhang Zian's shoulder to let him look sideways.

Several stray cats ran quickly across the roof. They came from different directions, but they seemed to be running towards the same goal.

Vladimir narrowed his eyes, observed their expressions, and murmured, "They seem to be going to lunch too..."

Anyway, unfamiliar with the place, Zhang Zian simply listened to it and drove along with these stray cats.

The stray cat led them all the way north, and the smell of the sea became more and more serious. Zhang Zian stopped the car only when a bustling market appeared in front of him.

"A lot of fish sellers."

"A lot of... stray cats."

They stared in amazement at this market where there were more fish than cats and more cats than people. The strong smell of fish, shrimp and crab could be smelled clearly through the car windows.

This is Alexandria's fish market and a canteen for stray cats in the city.

Of course, what is sold here is not ornamental fish.

There are more than one fish market on the Alexandria Seaside Boulevard, which are generally small in scale, but they are very lively, even in Ramadan. As long as you follow the stray cats, you can easily find these deeply hidden fish markets.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, as the largest port in Egypt, the most distinctive food in this city is fish.

Alexandria may be the city that is most tolerant of stray cats in Egypt. The degree of tolerance is number one in the world, either first or second.

When people walk in the alleys of the fish market, there are often cats rubbing against their feet. When people and cats visit the fish market together, there are more cats than people. Everyone is accustomed to this.

In a restaurant by the side of the road, stray cats came into the room, jumped onto the dining table majesticly, first glanced at the diners, and saw that the diners had no intention of chasing them away, so they boldly lowered their heads and ate the fish on the dinner plate.

The waiters in the restaurant shuttled between the tables with plates, turning a blind eye to the existence of stray cats. As long as the diners did not raise their opinions, or they were not stray cats who liked to break plates, the waiters would not mind their own business.

When the diners leave the table after eating, if there is food left on the table, the waiter will deliberately wait for a while before cleaning it up, until the stray cats on the table are satisfied and leave.

When people in other countries still pay to suck cats in cat cafes, few people know that any restaurant in Alexandria's fish market can eat with cats for free.

The locals took it lightly, but a few foreign tourists were surprised. They didn't eat a few mouthfuls of a meal, and they just took pictures of the stray cats eating fish on the table. The meals were all cheaper than the stray cats.

Unfortunately, there are very few foreigners in the fish market, and most of them are locals. Because the fish market is too hidden, generally only those who have been to Egypt several times and like cats may know this little secret.

This is simply a paradise for stray cats.