Alexandria

Alexandria was my second destination in Egypt after Cairo, My frined professor bought ticket for me by train and left me at the station,
The railways station of Cairo is a master piece, quiet nicely organised and clean, and few ancient styles monuments are place in the main hall and outside hall you find tracks and platform for the trains,

Many trains go everyday to Alexandria but few are fast and nonstop so be sure before buying. The seats are single seats and placed two on one side and two on the other and middle is walking way. The journey takes nearly 3.5 hours and outside view is just desert with no eye catching view.Inside train you can get tea,coffee and snacks with a small price and I see many people buy coffee and tea, may its cheap or just nothing else to do, The journey is good and fast and engine didn't break on the way, as it was the fear which our Egyptian friend gave us that trains can just stop in nowhere for hours)

MAP
Our stay was for 3 nights and the plan was well defined, see the below map to imagine what we intended to do in Alexandria.

First View:

We jump out at station SIDI GABER as it was near to our hotel, Its a small station and many taxis park outside, First view of Alexandria is great the taxis are more new, more greenery around and people seems more fresh and jolly as compared to Cairo.

HOTEL
Almamura is a small district near the coast line where there are many hotels and specially designed for tourists, the hotels are cheap and most of them have internal pool and attache the private beach. The hotel was very near to the palace Montaza, My advice is always go for 4 or 5 star hotel in Egypt,as lower stars can be poor in hygiene,

ALEXANDRIA CASTLE ( Qaitbay Citadel)
Its an important historic fort from the 15th Century made for the protection from the sea side, The fort is master piece of construction and its light house is also named as the 7th wonder of the ancient world. There is small fee for entrance and student can get discount too. There is a small bazaar next to the castle and you can find many sea stones and jewelry items but relatively expensive as compared to Cairo.

Paid him for a short sea trip in sea near castle, was a badchoice, the boat was very small and he asked for more money in the middle of the sea :)

Library
The library was arguably one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world, The library is built on a very huge scale and the stairs of library  entrance is a get together place of high school and university students. The library is just on the coast line and you can feel fresh sea breeze.

BUS TERMINAL
I took the bus from Alexandria to Cairo airport. The journey took nearly long 6 hours to reach airport and made me really nervous as my flight time was in the evening and never thought the bus would take that long. The roads till Cairo are ok and takes nearly 2 hour to reach the boundaries of Cairo but then the traffic and slow service form the bus company to pick as many customer as they can made it really worst. Anyhow I caught my flight and rate my trip to Alexandria as excellent.

My special thanks to my Friend Karim, for meeting me and taking care of me in Alexandria.