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February 14th 2009

Published: March 16th 2009

Day 1 Not much time to rest up from the jetlag as we had a 9am pickup for our Pyramid tour today. We had a breakfast of breads, yogurt and cheeses provide at the hotel. I decided to give the local drink Karkady (a cold tea made from the leaves of the Hibiscus flower) a try, and quickly decided I'm not a fan. Melissa opted out as she wasn't quite as adventurous with some of the f... Read Full Entry

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Papyrus shop

Papyrus shop

First course of egyptian lunch

First course of egyptian lunch

First course of egyptian lunch

Pita bread, hummus, fried eggplant, baba ghannouj (we think), and some other mystery dips. This was followed with rice, chicken kabob, and some french fries for us tourists

Alabaster sphinx

Alabaster sphinx

Alabaster sphinx

Located at Memphis

Sammy explaining some history at Saqqara

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Typical scene along the side of the road. You would even see this in downtown Cairo

Second floor of the building our hotel was in. I had Melissa pretty scared as we walked up the stairs until we finally got to the hotel.

Longchamp's reception

Longchamp's reception

Longchamp's reception

View from hotel Longchamps. You'd think with all the sattelite dishes I could have found more english tv

View from Horus hotel

Horus hotel

Horus hotel

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