The Vespa scooter is very popular in Cairo. The little machine is designed (with maximum 250 cc), to take two passengers around town. However, have you ever seen a Vespa with an aircon and washing machine strapped to the back? The rider has to stand while negotiating Cairo's traffic and his load is, to say the least, unbalancing.
What about an old Russian motorcycle with side-car and five persons aboard, plus 1 sheep, a crate of tomatoes and a bamboo cage full of chickens? It is not unusual to see a woman piloting a Jawa motorbike with three kids clinging on at the back!
I thought I'd seen it all until I saw an old Fiat with a satellite dish on the roof. This was one of those old, large dishes and it made the car look like an up-turned tea cup. How the driver saw the road I do not know. Sidecar motorbikes are still common here and may transport cement, caged animals, fifty watermelons or building rubble. Amazingly, the old Russian Ural bikes and Jawa's seem to keep going forever.
Crazy place this but very interesting!