Bargaining skills are a must if you venture into Khan elKhalili, the oldest market in Cairo.

This bazaar (or "souq" as they're better known in this part of the world) dates back to the 14th century and is one of the most popular places in the city for tourists to visit.

Wherever there is a tourist hotspot in Egypt, you can bet that the vendors are experts in overcharging foreign visitors. Be prepared to bargain or be prepared to be every vendor's fool.

I started off exploring in a nontouristic part of the market. It seems to be split into two, with one of them being where all the tourist tat such ornaments of the pyramids are sold. That type tourist tat was exactly what I was looking to buy, though, so off to that section I headed.

Before I found any goods to bargain for I stumbled across a falafel shop, where the chef was frying up these bean paste patties out on the street. The staff convinced me to try it burger style, inside a flatbread with some tomatoy sauce and eggplant.

It was extremely tasty and only $1, which seemed like a reasonable price, but many locals have since told me that It should have been, at most, half that price. Maybe I need to start bargaining for street food as well as goods if the vendors are going to inflate the price for tourists.

Just up the street from the falafel stand were two men selling exactly the type of cheap tourist souvenirs that I was looking for. These guys were extremely tricky but I bargained hard and avoided their tricks. I feel like I dealt with them pretty well and didn't overpay for their cheap stone pyramids.

I was looking for some liquid refreshment after eating the spicy, salty falafel and found a street cafe. I really wanted a nice, cold, fresh laban drink which is a type of fermented milk / drinking yoghurt that I frequently consume in the UAE. There was some confusion though because in Egypt, laban just means normal milk.

What I ended up with was milk tea and a rice pudding dessert. And noticing how inflated the prices were, I did indeed bargain the price down a bit.

The main thing I was looking for in the market was a Mohamed Salah tshirt. Mo Salah is the captain of the Egypt national football team and one of the best players in the world. He's a hero to Egyptians. Many shops in the market were selling the Egypt football jersey with Salah's name and number printed on them.

I was invited into a shop and shown the original and the copy football shirt. I just wanted the cheap copy but it turned out to be not so cheap at 200 pounds. I did some hard bargaining but we couldn't agree on a price and I left the shop.

I walked down the street a bit and recognised the shoe cleaner gentleman that was in a@LukeDamant filmed in this market. My shoes were still filthy from the day walking around in sand at the pyramids so I decided to get a shoe clean.

The shoe cleaner, however, didn't want to be on video. He didn't speak much English but some of the shop keepers nearby came and explained that his daughter was getting verbally bullied at university because the video of her dad cleaning shoes had gone viral on Facebook.

With a nice and shiny pair of clean shoes, I went back to Reda Trika's shop to continue bargaining for that Mo Salah shirt and we finally agreed on a reasonable price.

On my way leaving the market, I found a bag vendor who was feeding the street cats with sliced beef. I thought that was nice, as everywhere in the market there are vendors trying to overcharge and trick people but this kind man was spending his time and money to help these poor stray cats.

Falafel Shop: Borai Ful Falafel, Khan elKhalili, Cairo
Mo Salah Shirt: Star Sports (Reda Trika), Khan elKhalili, Cairo

0:00 Egypt's Oldest Bazaar
5:00 Falafel Burger
15:40 Bargaining for Pyramids
21:40 Egyptian Rice Dessert
30:59 Bargaining for Mo Salah Shirt
38:00 Shoe Clean
40:57 Mo Salah Shirt
46:40 Kind Egyptian Feeds Cats

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