In the morning we all headed to the Egyptian Museum, which has 107 halls and more than 100,000 relics and antiquities, including the famous collection of King Tutankhamon’s treasures. We weren’t allowed to take pictures inside but the outside decor was fascinating enough. We saw King Tut’s mask, the Rosetta stone copy, a map of ancient Egypt, etc., etc. The coolest room I saw was the animal mummy room with dogs, crocodiles, etc. The museum is enormous and you would need days and days to see everything.
We had a buffet lunch and then headed to the Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx. And there I was, finally, at one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. They date back to around 2500 BC. There are three very large ones, one of which is the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Although I had seen them at the sound and light show, it was much different to get up close. It was also every photographer’s paradise.
After having a walk around we took a short camel ride – which was actually the highlight of the day – in my opinion. It was my first time to ride a camel and it was fun! Camels are hilarious, they are ugly, they make some of the most disgusting sounds you’ve ever heard, and they are extremely uncomfortable, but fun nonetheless.
The next stop was the Sphinx – which has a body of a lion and the head of a king – and it seems to overlook the city and some believe it was built to look after it. The body reaches a height of 172 feet and the head is 66 feet. We had a great time taking funny pictures.
We then went to the Golden Eagle Papyrus store, which I had already been to in my first few days in Cairo. Our next stop was a restaurant where we sat and had tea to kill some time before heading to the train station to take the overnight train to Aswan.
This was my first time on a sleeper train and I was very impressed. The beds were comfortable and I slept like a baby. The dinner was much like one you’d get on plane but it was pretty decent.
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