Two blocks from the Canal.

The thing about guide books is they never really explain that native Alexandrians probably won’t know where their world cultural heritage sites are located. They also won’t mention that the craziest shit you will see in Egypt appears when your native Alexandrian friends get lost in Carmous, the area around Alexandria’s world cultural heritage sites

…Of course, Simi and Kareem were lost because they relied on my directions…

Regardless, on the trip to Pompey’s pillar I saw Street Chickens....though they weren't nearly as impressive as---
Street Ducks AND Street turkeys


Now, it is “normal” to see people using donkey carts to pull fruit…but I thought this was kinda cool


…..but I would like to also mention (and I am sad I didn’t get a photo of this) that I also saw a guy pulling what was either petrol or possibly kerosene by donkey as well while we roamed around Carmous

Pompey's pillar was pretty rad though as well...Simi tried to convince them I was his cousin so I would get the Egyptian price. It failed miserably...
Anyway, wikipeadia says this about the pillar:

"Pompey's Pillar is a Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt, and the largest of its type constructed outside of the imperial capitals of Rome and Constantinople.[1] The only known free-standing column in Roman Egypt which was not composed of drums,[1] it is one of the largest ancient monoliths and one of the largest monolithic columns ever erected.

The monolithic column shaft measures 20.46 m in height with a diameter of 2.71 m at its base.[2] The weight of the single piece of red Aswan granite is estimated at 285 t.[2] The column is 26.85 m high including its base and capital.[2] Other authors give slightly deviating dimensions.[A 1]

Erroneously dated to the time of Pompey, the Corinthian column was actually built in 297 AD, commemorating the victory of Roman emperor Diocletian over an Alexandrinian revolt.[2]"

The coolest part of the pillar was that it was built on top of the "temple of the Serapis, once a magnificent structure rivaling the Soma and the Caesareum. Nearby are subterranean galleries where sacred Apis bulls were buried, and three sphinxes. After his defeat by Julius Caesar in the civil war, Pompey fled to Egypt where he was murdered in 48 BC; mediaeval travelers later believed he must be buried here, and that the capital atop the corner served as a container for his head."

Which...was wrong. Anyhow, it was these galleries that were the coolest/creepiest. They were filled with a thick chemical smelling fog. Simi wanted to pass the "keep out" sign, but with no way of see where we would be going, Kareem and I persuaded/dragged him out, cause the rest of the way looked like this: