When you think of Egypt, what do you first think about? For me it has always been the Pyramids… So the day had arrived, we first went to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo where we lined up for a 9am opening, even then we had to beat off people pushing in. Our guide had a microphone system which was fantastic and we spent about an hour learning about the ancient culture. The highlight was Tutankhamen tomb which consisted of 4 square catacombs before the series of coffins, all in gold of course. The mask was on display but no photos were allowed to avoid the queues. We saw the various stages of the mummifying process. The scope and variety were amazing but I hope in the new museum they are building better display for these priceless and unique artefacts, one could easily touch them and there was very little written explanations.

Then the moment came, it almost took my breathe away and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up, they appeared out of the haze caused by humidity. The tallest pyramid is 148m with two small ones and beside the smallest are three tiny ones, these are for the wives, children and other important people. Each Pyramid took about 40 years to build because there are three seasons, agriculture, River and festivals and the third is harvesting. The Pyramids are only built during the River and Festival season.

There was the option for camel rides, so I went and there were some amazing view, my Camel’s name was Casablanca:).

We had the opportunity to go inside one of them, and the descent was a lot longer than the ones in Memphis and it was very hot due to the other bodies.

The last stop was the biggest Sphinx in Egypt and it was made because it was an ugly stone and they wanted to do something with it, therefore the quality of the stone is not good that is why the nose has fallen off. After the Pyramids we then organized ourselves for the overnight train ride to Ashwin, about 14hrs starting at 8pm, 2 people per cabin and this is first class.

So, I still can’t believe I have seen the Pyramids in real life. If you get the chance, do it.