Cairo

It's been a long day - and we've yet to catch the night train to Luxor.  I met the tour group this morning - two british sisters, a couple from Seattle, and of course Anita my roommate who I'd already met and who talked me out of my pjs and into a drink on the roof last night.  Our guide is Mohammed.

I'm sure there are lots of things to see in Cairo, but I'm only here for a day so it was all about ancient Egypt.  First stop was the Pyramids and we went inside the grand pyramid.  It starts off well, then gets lower and stepper before opening up to a very high corridor and a bit of a climb.  It wouldnt't have been so bad, but it was also quite hot so I was definitely 'glowing' when we came out.  There are three big pyramids - Khufu, his son and someone's grandson.  There are 6 other much smaller pyramids for the womenfolk.   We took lots of photos, checked out the spots where the pharoah's boats were and then rode camels.  I wasn't overly fond of camels when we rode them in Morocco and my opinion remains unchanged.  Give me  a horse any day.  But we were led about, had our photos taken and they were all amazed that my legs were long enough to easily get on to the camel.  Final stop for that area was the Sphinx for a look through the temple and photos of the Sphinx.  We stopped for falafel and then onto the museum. There were lots of cool stuff there and Mohammed told us lots of information about it all.  The highlights were all the Tutankhamen stuff.

Right next to the museum is a quite big high rise building that has been burned and gutted.  This used to be the headquarters of the previous government party. 

I feel like I should have lots of stuff to say, but I'm mostly just hot and tired.  Perhaps I might have another go tonight on the train.