Today, after a lovely buffet breakfast at our hotel, we headed out to see the Great Pyramids. Our first stop was at the Pyramids themselves. These things really are quite spectacular, very . . . big. Didn't go in one, apparently you have to get there very early to do so and buy a special ticket. The most memorable thing about this visit was the swarms of vendors that accost you the whole time you are in the area. Make eye contact with one and they will follow you for 10 minutes. Take anything they hand you and they won't accept it back. Shake their hand and they'll put goods on your arm. Of course, Dad gets in a long conversation with one - picture attached. No sir, we are not going to walk over
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