Sofitel le Sphinx Hotel

02.04.09 Fun packed day on tour at the Pyramids... collected from Sofitel Le Sphinx at 8am, off to Memphis to see artifacts including statues of Ramsses the second some outside and one covered at the Mit Rahina Museum.... the traffic is total chaos ...

... and comfortable. After breakfast we arranged for a hotel taxi driver, Khalel, to take us to the Pyramids and the Sphinx.  It cost 130 Egyptian pounds (LE), including tip.  He drove us through the back streets (rat running) to get us there as ...

Egypt is a welcoming but chaotic place.  We arrived on Egypt Air, the national carrier, landing safely to the applause of everyone on board.  Just prior to our landing, the pilot had wished us a good landing - I had previously thought this was ...

Shopping today in the big market in Cairo but once again the highlight is the drive to and from. Traffic today is the worst so far with many jams and accidents including one when the taxi was parking in a side street a moped passed us at speed and hit a ...

Pyramid day which started with a visit to Sakara which is close to Memphis and the original capital. Having decided that yesterday's driver was crazy we decided to book him again today! Yes, you heard right we asked him back, what fun! Sakara has a ...