Europa Cairo

... and asked if I knew anyone around who was in charge. No, I said, I didn’t think someone in charge was necessary for students to get on a bus. “Well you might want to find someone,” he said, “Because that was the last scheduled bus for the day.” Apparently the International Student Office had FORGOTTEN to mention to the bus company that about 200 students would be needing buses for the first day of ...

... smallest of the 3 and visits inside are not permitted.

We visited the Solar boat museum (50egp) which is located next to the great Pyramid.The building looks like a bit of an eyesore but I guess they had no choice, except if they moved the barque. The barque may have been used to transport Khufu's body across the nile to the
Pyramid and was then buried next to it to provide transport to the King in the afterlife. Pretty cool looking ship.

We drove down to the Sphinx ...

... lady, very nice...how many camels???" LOL. At least it is good humored..the men think its great.. I get some pretty dirty looks from women. Maybe they think I am half dressed as I dont have my hair covered, I can't win! Dan buys a watch, we get a few bits and pieces..and it gets tiring quickly, having to battle to get out of a shop without having bought something..so after a while we catch a taxi to Downtown Cairo for food.

The ...

... and much calmer...

I really think there's a possibility I might want to have kids some day, so I'm glad the ride ended after about 45 minutes...about 44 minutes too late...

The one thing I did like about the rides though is that we were out in the desert riding around old tombs and ruins. That was pretty cool.

When we got back to the boat our Nubian driver had taken off his traditional robes, called a Gallebea, hung them up and was sporting ...

... same price last night that we paid at Ramses II, although if given the choice, I would probably pick Ramses II over King Tut. The first order of business for us was to shower, it was after all, our first shower since Sunday and let me tell you, it was AMAZING! While Cory was in the shower, I had the opportunity to take a look through some of the hundreds of TV channels in our room. Most were, predictably, in Arabic. I didn't find much in the way ...

... chillies and carrots. We then headed back to the hotel had a nap and then met for the group meeting downstairs. Went for a quick bite with the group with some great fast food Egyptian style with Katherine having Falafels and I had a Chicken Swarama (Chicken Kebab meat in a pita). After that it was off to bed for an early start to see the Pyramids!

Day 2 - We were up early (soon to be common practice for most of the trip) had some Egyptian breakfast ...

After a very painful train ride I am back in Cairo. I said goodbye to the remaining members of my group, and headed to the hotel. I took this last day to try and see as much of Cairo as I could. My first stop the Citadel, with its amazing mosque and views over Cairo. From the Citadel I think I met the only taxi driver in Cairo that speaks English, he ...