And now for a real adventure. We made it to Egypt. Cairo is a big, busy, dirty city and suffering terribly from the loss of tourism their revolution of 2011 caused. We checked into our hotel which looked, let's just say, much different on the internet. There is a level of dirt tolerance here that we have seen only in New Delhi. Just when we think we're growing immune to it, we see something else that surprises us. However, people are openly welcoming us on the street, happy to have some travellers returning.
The Pyramids of Giza are the sight we have most been looking forward to on this trip and we've finally seen them! The day was perfect, not too hot and the only spoilers were the insistent venders--"Do you want to buy a model of the pyramids?" Which do you like--a horse, a camel, or a carriage to see the pyramids? It's much too far to walk." (The price outside the gate started at about $C70 and dropped steadily to $C7.50 as we climbed toward the pyramids accompanied by an endless number of salesmen eager to beat the last price.) But it was a great day and we felt so fortunate to spend it seeing this special place with 2/3 of our kids.
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| That's our Deaf guide/camel guy who adopted us |
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| A tomb inside a pyramid |
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