Pyramids of Giza

The next day it was time to see what most people go to Egypt to see, the pyramids of Giza. We had decided that we wanted to go on camels around the pyramids so our driver took us to a place in Giza not far from the entrance to the Giza plateau.

Riding a camel is quite different to riding a horse - as it gets up it rises onto it's knees …

After leaving Saqqara, I called the train ticket office once more to confirm that we could collect the tickets at the Giza station. I was told numerous times that it was fine, so we carried on towards the station, doing our best to cope with the heavy midday traffic clogging the roads. By the time we'd fought our way through it and got to the …

We woke up fresh the next morning to a great spread at breakfast. We were met by our guide immediately afterwards to start our tour around Giza and Cairo.

Pyramids and camel riding in the Sahara

Making our way through the gates to the foot of the largest of the Pyramids was an amazing experience.

We started off with a …

Wow I can't believe I'm in Egypt! I've always wondered if i can climb on the sphinx and slide down. But since the sphinx is 75 feet tall and I'm 6 feet tall, I have a 90% chance of falling. Anyway, I'm staying at this amazing hotel which has everything. The only thing that I have to worry about is the weather, it's 32 degrees here. I thought it …

... of my own, which I shall tell you about at our second day at the pyramids. Did you know that there are 97 Pyramids in Egypt and each of them have small ones nearby for wives and children and each of them has 4 boats (to help the ...

... them as I had hoped.  Still, there were a few moments when I thought to myself "you are at the great pyramids of Egypt" and then was able to transcend the immediate chaos around me.  Usually you see images of the pyramids situated in an empty ...

... a taster at the Egyptian Museum, it was time to get out and see more of the real thing but out in the wild. The Pyramids of Giza were beckoning, only 12km from downtown Cairo and oh so accessible by bus, metro or taxi. I was however going to wait for a ...

... .  Off in the distance we could spot the Bent Pyramid and the Red Pyramid. Next we drove to the site of the famous pyramids of Giza.  But first, some history on this site...When Khufu, perhaps better known by his Greek name, Cheops, became ...

NIKOLAS VERSION Today, we went to the Pyramids of Giza and wow, they were big!  My mom wanted me to go inside the biggest pyramid, the Cheops.  I was a bit scared but I went in anyways.  It was hot going up and small, you had to crouch ...

Today was dedicated to visiting the Great Pyramids of Giza built in 2,556BC. I described the details in the prior posting. After an hour or so at the pyramids we had lunch at FelFala, a famous falafel chain where we had yummy shwarma and falafel with ...

... sleep, Click, Wreath of Roses, Blink Blink, and I had to get back up to depart to see the sun rise over the Great Pyramids of Giza. The sun was not the only motivation for getting up so early, our guides were also hoping to beat the traffic and the ...

... buildings, farmers riding their donkeys in the suffocating heat. Then, in a glimpse between two square cement buildings, the Pyramids of Giza flashed, grey in the distance, massive and mountainous. Every few minutes, I would snag another glimpse of ...

... is one of his favorite sites and his enthusiasm was evident. Pictures to come. - Ashley Our next stop was the Great Pyramids of Giza.  This was the fist time I was actually amazed at the sheer size of the pyramid.  The first ones ...

Pyramids, pyramids, pyramids...today was the day of visiting the Great pyramids of Giza Up at 6.30am for a 7.30am bright and early departure..out into the haze we went in search of pyramids. First of all was the Great Pyramid of Cheops, pretty darned ...