Egypt

18/12/2010

I was saying to myself all day OMG I actually saw the Pyramids and the Sphinx! It was so amazing just like in photos one sees in travel magazines. We also went to see the Egyptian Museum. It all feels like a dream. This morning we all got up at early (not sure of the time, but probably around 7:00 am), went downstairs to breakfast , which I must point out was amazing they have so much better food. Then we met our tour guide at 8:00 am to go and see the Pyramids. It was such an interesting tour and you must see the photos I have, I took loads!

Before lunch we were taken too a place which selled perfumes and essances. This was very interesting as the perfume which is found in the shop in the essance which is export to Paris, France is actually from Egypt. There were so many different smells of essance that attract different people. The next stop was a a clothing shop that sells cotton clothing. We all bought t-shirts there. Out last stop we went to a papyrus shop where we were shown and told how the Egyptians made papyrus. We all bought bookmarks for ourselves and for presants for our friends too. At lunch time we went to this Egyptian take away place which selled these delisous shawarmas, seriously never tasted anything this good. This lunch was on the way to the Egyptian Museum. The museum was huge! But I must admit it was cold and a lot of people. By this time it was late in the afternoon so my sister and I were getting tierd. The was one room where one could go and see the mummys but one had to pay to see them. It wasn’t really worth it and I wasn’t too sure it I wan’t to see one anyway. Very creepy!

We got back to hotel late and just decided to dump out bags in our hotel rooms and go down to supper. I can’t help but telling you over and over again that the food was so good. You will have to go to Egypt one day to see what I mean.

Tomorrow morning we are going to Luxor and hoping it is a bit better that Cairo. So I had to pack the night before Cairo is just one noisy city with the Nile running throught it. Don’t get me wrong there are some beauitful building, art work and culture, so one musn’t skip out the city altogether its worth seeing!

It still feels like a dream that I am here.

I will post some photos once I got the hang of this travel blog thing.

WAS AMAZING! But lets start from the very begining shall we? To me this is an adventure of a life time I wont forget in a hurry! Hope you enjoy.

On the 16 December 2010 my family and I left Cape Town International Airport at 11:30 am and our plane to Johannesurg meant to have left at 2:00 pm, but of course it got delayed so we only left Cape Town at 2:30 pm and arrived in Johannesburg at 4:30 pm. This was only the begining.

We then met friends at the airport (who lived in Joburg) for a drink and snacks because our flight on Egyptair to Cairo was only leaving at 21:45 pm and this also ran slightly late. We then only got served supper at 11:00 pm and then it was trying to get to sleep was the next problem, which proved to be difficult. Then they woke us up at 4:00 am for breakfast and since it was still dark I couldn’t eat much. Who can eat breakfast at 4:00 am in the morning? Please tell me that.

Let me tell you something before I let you into my Egypt adventure. It was pretty scary for me to go through customes, those men in black uniforms can turn you alway at anytime. (Its a long story, maybe I will tell you about it some other time). Anyway once we arrived in Cario, we were met at the airport by our personal tour guide/groundhandler who waited with us to collect our bags for us. I found it very strange letting someone else handle my bag for me. Afterwards we drove to our 4 star hotel and checked it. By 9:30 am, after we had unpacked we were all so hungry so we went downstairs and had breakfast at the hotel’s restaurants. Then we went back upstairs to get some sleep as we were going to to see the Sound and Light show at the pyramids that evening. The rest of that day was at our leisure.

Lunch was a very interesting affair. We went to find this corner cafe after walking around forever. It was Friday and some places were closed. (One thing about Egypt there Saturdays are there Sundays a day were most places close). So lunch I had a packed of chips, an Egyptain maribiscuit (to be honest tastes so much better over there than here), some water and a cup of tea. Not a really healthy lunch. My parents descided that we would have supper after we got back from the Sound and Light show.

Let me tell you a little bit about Cairo, I personally didn’t like it very much. Its a typical city. Smog, cars and builds which are half built. (People seem to earn money then start building and when they run out their houses are half built). Drivers don’t use the flikkers there they use their hooters. Seriously they would give our taxis a run for their money!  Oh, and it gets dark so early! I suppose because it may be December but it is winter there.

That evening we went to Giza to see the Sound and Light show. It was AMAZING!! There is no other way to describe it. I keep on say OMG I just saw the pyramids and the Sphinx and the Valley Temple. The History is so interesting!! Once we got back to our hotel we had supper and just we to bed we were so tierd. Had to be up and about bright and early for our next part of our adventure the next day.