Walk like an…..
Today we arrived in Cairo (at 2:00 in the MORNING!! Thankyouverymuch) for the start of our first long holiday, a tour of Egypt and the Upper and Lower Nile. We decided on a completely guided tour and it was a great decision. Sonia, our tour guide and Egyptologist, was excellent, as was our group which only numbered nineteen.Cairo is a zoo, and it becomes evident that they REALLY like to honk their horns as they drive, mainly because the concept of lanes on the roads doesn’t exist. While Amy was already exposed to it from her travels in Malaysia, I was caught off guard by the broadcasting of Islamic prayer from the mosques.
We started our holiday with a tour of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. Like the Louvre, one could spend a week wandering through all the rooms. Cameras were not allowed sadly, but the obvious highlight was the treasure room of Tutankhamun. While I have learned to respect time and history more since living in London, there is something to be said for viewing pieces that are over 4000 years old.
No comments:
Post a Comment