Our CouchSurfing host, Eslam, took us to an non-touristy restaurant in Cairo where he introduced us to a local delicacy: pigeon. Apparently Egypt is one of the few countries where they actually eat pigeon, which accounts for why we saw very few of them on our trip.

According to Eslam, when Egyptians travel abroad they seek out opportunities to take photos of themselves in squares with lots of pigeons. This is impossible to do in Egypt because the birds are just plain scared.