Seeing the great pyramids of Giza today felt just like that. Like I was standing inside a coffee table book or in a postcard. The sites were just surreal.
We started the morning with a trip to see the oldest capitol of Egypt, a place called Memphis. On the way to Memphis I think we did a time warp - we saw sheep herds (and SMELLED them, barf), men and boys riding on donkeys, donkeys and horses pulling 2-wheels carts that were loaded down with vegetables and all sorts of plants. The local villages along the way were in disrepair, buildings that looked like they were condemed obviously had people living in them, as evidenced by the laundry hanging from the windows. We've seen worse though, at least they probably had running water. We also saw oxen and cattle herds, being led my women in burqas or young boys. Also, I noticed an interesting sign in the middle of one of these villages that read, "Egpyt - The Land of Civilization".
Once we got to Memphis we saw some incredibly ancient artifacts, including a collosal statue of Ramses the II that dated back 4000 years, and the 2nd largest Sphynx (sp?) in Eygpt. (Sorry, I don't have time to spell check, I"m on the Hilton computers again.)
And I still ahve to tell you about the pyramids! And the largest Sphynx in the world, THE Sphynx, and it was all really too beautiful to believe. In Giza, we took a camel ride, led by a charming and hustling little Eygptian boy. It was surreal to be riding on a camel, along side the pyramids, so surreal that its almost hard to appreciate while you're in the moment. When you look back at your picturse at the end of the day its like WOW, was I really there!??
I only have 5 mins left so I'd better run. We're about to go have an Egpytian beer at the hotel bar!
Love, Meagan
We started the morning with a trip to see the oldest capitol of Egypt, a place called Memphis. On the way to Memphis I think we did a time warp - we saw sheep herds (and SMELLED them, barf), men and boys riding on donkeys, donkeys and horses pulling 2-wheels carts that were loaded down with vegetables and all sorts of plants. The local villages along the way were in disrepair, buildings that looked like they were condemed obviously had people living in them, as evidenced by the laundry hanging from the windows. We've seen worse though, at least they probably had running water. We also saw oxen and cattle herds, being led my women in burqas or young boys. Also, I noticed an interesting sign in the middle of one of these villages that read, "Egpyt - The Land of Civilization".
Once we got to Memphis we saw some incredibly ancient artifacts, including a collosal statue of Ramses the II that dated back 4000 years, and the 2nd largest Sphynx (sp?) in Eygpt. (Sorry, I don't have time to spell check, I"m on the Hilton computers again.)
And I still ahve to tell you about the pyramids! And the largest Sphynx in the world, THE Sphynx, and it was all really too beautiful to believe. In Giza, we took a camel ride, led by a charming and hustling little Eygptian boy. It was surreal to be riding on a camel, along side the pyramids, so surreal that its almost hard to appreciate while you're in the moment. When you look back at your picturse at the end of the day its like WOW, was I really there!??
I only have 5 mins left so I'd better run. We're about to go have an Egpytian beer at the hotel bar!
Love, Meagan
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