Item 01: Percival Hurley war diary, 29 September 1915-24 September 1916 - Page 30
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[Page 30]
An allowance from the Egyptian government in food enables us to get milk & tinned fruit.
Fell in at 2 pm & were inoculated for cholera & a lecture followed until 4-30 pm & were dismissed Of course we made a rush for Cairo, not troubling about leave pass, going from Hellmick Station – fare ½ piastre each way My first impression of Cairo was very different from what I thought the place to be. The main thorough-fares of the city are well lighted big squares, very nice trams, which travel fast, & fine buildings. Shepherd's Hotel is a great white fine building Continental Hotel is also very fine. There are also again many other big buildings. Then are the dirty winding side streets, where two of us wandered & were nearly lost.