We visited the Pyramids and the Sphinx two days ago - wow. It has left be speechless and continually imagining how on Earth humans could have built such magnificent creations. They are very close to the city, which many people don't realize because well taken photographs place them well out in the middle of the desert, but it was only about a 30 min bus ride from our hotel. We also road on camels across the desert in front of the pyramids for only about six dollars! Although I feel for such a once in a lifetime oppurtunity I would have paid 20 dollars anyways... We also got to go inside the Great Pyramid which was just an amazing expierence. Just to imagine that people have been in that room for 4500 years; and more so how much history the world expierenced while the room was sitting undisturbed until discovered in modern history.
Tomorrow we head down to Luxor and Aswan for a week - which will make Cairo seem cold. Yuck! Although I will say my body is adjusting quite nicely and I can honestly say the 85 degree nights are getting rather cool - how sad! Down south is supposedly in the realms of teh 120s and 130s compared to the "pleasant" 100s we have in Cairo. After that we travel north to Lower Egypt to see Alexandria for a couple days and then off to India.
Last night we broke the fast (called Iftar) with some new friends we'd met at a Shesha bar across the way. It was a feast! And so delicious! I will try and put some pictures up on my blog soon. And on a final note, I have finally discovered a meat that I do not prefer - "mutton neck".
CM
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