Day 237 The much awaited day trip to the Pyramids! Up bright and earlier we headed off with our Driver Sam and picked up a guide Ahmed along the way. After a lesson on Egyptian history, politics, tax sytem and economy we arrived at Dahshur, the home of the first true pyramid the Red Pyramid, Bent Pyramid (aptly named as is started to collapse and required reinforcements) and the remains of the Black pyramid. We climbed the 125 steps into the Red Pyramid with Sam joining us as it was his first time here too despite having lived near Cairo all his life, it was here we learnt of his true calling as a photographer.. wasted as a driver. Next stop was the Memphis museum, small but home to a huge lying statue of Rames II
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