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Nací y crecí en la "Ciudad de la Basura" de El Cairo y soy fotógrafo profesional. Trabajo en el Monasterio de San Simón el Curtidor (también conocido como la Iglesia de la Cueva) como fotógrafo y editor (de vídeo y fotos) para los visitantes del Centro de Cuerdas Altas Mario. Además, organizo tours dentro de la Ciudad de la Basura, cerca del monasterio, ofreciendo experiencias únicas como visitar un palomar, un centro de reciclaje y una fábrica de plástico, y compartiendo la singular historia de sus habitantes, la mayoría de los cuales son cristianos del Alto Egipto, como yo.
This is not a free tour! He will tell you to contact him on WhatsApp and ask a fixed amount of money according to the number of people joining the tour. You can visit the monastery and garbage neighbourhood (definitely recommended) and get information online. However this tour is totally against the rules of the website and shall be removed from here
The visit to Saint Tanner Monastery was definitely worth it. Unfortunately, the tour guide didn't show up, message him and waited for about 15 mins before walking through Garbage City to visit the monastery on my own. Missed out on the history part of the visit.
This is the kind of tour everyone should take once in a lifetime. It's incredible to see how things goes outside of touristic areas, and especially here. The conditions and how this city works was so impressive, it really makes you think and change the perspective of everything
Loved the tour! One man's rubbish is another man's treasure and that's exactly what you see. The people from Garbage City is very friendly and, despite what you would think, the smell is not unbearable at all. It's a great experience, from the walk around to the endless "Hello!" and the beautiful pigeons.
First we went to the church and got to see the beauty of all the carvings and the auditorium. Then on to the Garbage cite to see all the rubish piled hig. It really stood out after the Church. Iwas amazed at how the rubbish is sorted by hand. Our guide new all the locals and they were very happy to talk to us
