Mecca Hotel Alexandria

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To visit the Pyramids was an awesome moment, finding the place where the Dead played priceless. As far as the rest of our journey in Egypt....what a dirty, filthy mess. <br>Egypt is a desert, in the south it hasn't rained in ten years.<br>In the north where we were they get around 2 inches a year.<br>Cairo is a two hour trip south from Alexandria where ...

I had two days of R and R before the true Swine '09 part of Swine &#8217;09. We were outside of the normal break that had already been scheduled for the celebrations for the end of Ramadan and were finally missing school. After two days of doing pretty much nothing, I went with a mix of American, Sudanese, and Egyptian friends to Alexandria. Upon getting off the train in the Mediterranean city to the north, I ...

... dead without persecution. So bones, mummies and all sorts of blends of decorations are found. Its kinda weird seeing a sarcophagus surrounded by egyption, greek and roman are all blended together. Underground water is threatening the catacombs, it has engulfed the third level and they pump out water daily. Who knows how long it will stand!<br><br> We move on to Pompeii's pillar, a Roman temple for a new religion introduced to bring all the ...

... while peter ordered pigeon and Lexy stuck with appetizers.<br><br>a long, but uneventful day. excited about roaming the streets tomorrow and seeing some things Ive been waiting 26 years to see.<br><br>as i sit in the balcony at our hotel and peer out 7 stories above the city, i watch trolleys cause near fatal traffic accidents every 5minutes as they putt between busy intersections like snails on an expressway. <br><br>time to sleep.<br>

... to see the pyramids. Our guide gave us an excellent history of Alexandria when Alexander the Great founded the city followed by the changes over the next 4500 years. It was interesting to hear how the Arabs finally ended up with the city and changing the religion to Muslim. We arrived in Cairo about 2 hours and 45 minutes later and just driving to the Giza Plateau was something. We have all seen pictures of the pyramids and the sphynx but ...

... and blue. They were absolutely stunning. The pyramid continued deep underground but we weren't allowed to go down. Also at Saqqara is the funerary complex of Djoser 2630-2611 BC and this is the oldest of the Egyptian pyramids. It is a 6 step pyramid built before they got the design right. The remains of several buildings are in this complex including a temple, a funerary temple and many tombs all enclosed in a rectangular limestone wall, some of which ...

... by a man who was chatting to me about his job, wife and kids etc etc. Spoke in hushed tones which made his accent hard to hear at the best of times. Told me he liked western people but not their governments. After the 6th time of telling me this I grew a bit bored and hoped he would pipe down so I could get some sleep. He did eventually. But it was nice to have some interaction with an Egyptian other than the staff at the hotel. <br><br>Got to the train ...

... the odds of other trains coming right for them. Some of those other third class-only trains were quite a sight, too. They looked more like cattle trucks or prison hulks than commuter trains. <br><br>Once our train had pulled up to Masr Station and we were walking along the platform, I fished around in the front of my backpack for my sunglasses. One of my electrical socket converters fell out, and rolled in a wide arc along the platform and then ...

... in Aswan, before shedding Mr Prickett (at least for now) and taking an overnight train north to Alexandria. We are currently trying to sort out an Arabic course (the project for the next 2 or 3 months) before dropping back south to Cairo to meet Mr and Mrs L just before Xmas ... ... Speaking of which this is going to be the last update before Santa arrives, so make sure you eat a selection box of chocolate &amp; drink a gallon load of real ale &amp ...