My Trip

Hello from Egypt

Spent my first 4 nights in Cairo. Cairo is busy, dusty and smelly.
While there, I went to the pyramids in Giza and Saqqara (Saqqara
being a stepped pyramid, the oldest one there is). At the Giza
pyramids, i was taken around on a camel. I never knew camels were so
tall. They made the horses look tiny. They are not particularly
comfortable either, especially when they are running. The next day,
went to the Egyptian museum in the middle of Cairo. The amount of
artifacts in the place is staggering. There is just room after room
of Egyptian stuff! Really fascinating though, you could spend days
in there. There was a room dedicated to mummy's. Some of them were
incredibly well preserved with most of their hair and skin intact.

While in Cairo, I have also been horse riding in the desert. Never
ridden a horse before, so that was an experience! Last night, I
caught the sleeper train to Luxor in the south. Took just over 10
hours and could barely sleep a wink.

Have been exploring Luxor most of the day, been to the Luxor museum,
a mummification exhibition (showing real mummys as well as mummified
cats, dogs and alligators) and the luxor temple. Tomorrow i hope to
go to the valley of the kings. Luxor is much quieter than Cairo, but
they seem to hassle the tourists more. It doesn't help that I stick
out like a sore thumb!