EGYPT, day 2

Sunday, October 30th.

First picture I took. A man riding his donkey through morning traffic. Crazy.

Being that this was the starting day for our Egyptian tour our tour guide was anxious to get us to as many places around Cairo as he could possibly manage. First we visited the National Egyptian Museum.  I wish I could’ve taken pictures inside of their but cameras were prohibited.  Pretty much an amazing display of some of the most ancient pieces of writing, architecture, tools, etc. in the world.

Jeny.

After visiting the museum we were able to visit the Pyramids of Giza, which was probably the most exciting part of the trip for me because the Pyramids are what you think of when you think of Egypt (right?).  Well, not only did we take pictures of this spectacular site, we were also able to actually go inside of one of the pyramids.  Unfortunately, we weren’t able to take any pictures (it’s an ancient and sacred temple for chrissakes) but in order for you to get the best idea of what it looks like let me explain;  We had to climb through this tiny, dirt opening which led to a rickety, old ladder that led us deep down into the pyramid (Note:  I’m not a claustrophobic person by any means but that was by far the most claustrophobic I’ve ever felt it in my life – and it was upwards of a 100 degrees inside of the pyramid. Yuck.).  The ladder led us down to an even smaller dirt hole, which only gave a person room to crawl with their face to the floor (Ancient Egyptians were much smaller in stature than the modern day human if you’re wondering why everything’s so tiny), which led us to another ladder that we had to climb up in order to get to the center of the pyramid.  It sucked if you’re wondering.  Once finally at the middle of the pyramid however, we came to a huge room that held the tomb of an Egyptain prince.  The mummy’s casket was in the room, and there was hieroglyphic writing all over the twenty foot tall walls.  (The scary ladder climb was worth it)  Absolutely awesome.

Pyramids of Giza

After seeing the insides of the pyramid, we were able to take a camel ride through the desert!  I didn’t think I’d be so afraid of the camels, because I’m a horse rider (I’m going to the Olympics one day – watch out fools) but those suckers are not only F**KING HUGE, but they are mean bastards, as well (probably because they’re owners are abusive towards them…).  Of course, my camel was the tallest of the bunch (and seemingly, the meanest) so I was a bit more freaked out than the rest of my companions, but I never let it show…

Rebecca and me.

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