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Published: June 19th 2009
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4 Non Blonds at Sound and Light Show
Judy, Chester, Kirsten and Betty waiting on sound and light show at the pyramids End of Day 3 - Pyramid Sound and Light Show
So we last left off with a light and sound show at the Great Pyramids and dinner. It was really cool to see the pyramids at night and the light show was worth it; however, the sound part was about 30 minutes too long. It explained the pyramids and the Sphinx all over again but what are you going to do. The show started at 8:30 and went until 9:30. Then our guide took us to dinner at a restaurant downtown. One would think, no big deal, it’s down town. Well that was until it took us an hour and half to get there through traffic, and we ate our meal after 11 p.m. But Judy did continue to think we were going to be killed in the traffic and kept being a back seat driver just to make sure the driver knoew we were close to other vehicles. One time she enve screamed and scared the crap pout of all of us including the guard and driver. This still wasn’t the worst of it. The restaurant Bishoy took us to, DID NOT SERVE ALCOHOL. Talk about Chester’s own personal hell.
Great Pyramids Sound and Light show
The pictures does not do it justice. It was pretty cool. After a 90 minute drive of exhaust and horns honking the entire time, we didn’t even get to have a real drink. All work and no alcohol makes Chester’s a mad woman. At least the drive home didn’t take 90 minutes.
Day 4 - Alexandria
With the start of a new day, we also got a new security guard. This was an early one with a 6 am departure time for a 3 hour drive to the city of Alexandria. We arrived at the National Museum and toured a beautiful, air-conditioned building with many ancient pieces, obviously. One cool tidbit was that they had some of the relics that were found in the Mediterranean Ocean only a few years earlier. We also saw a real mummy and several sarcophagi. The museum had several attendants that followed you every where. It was a little strange.
Next we were on to The Catacombs located in the middle of the city. The story goes that a donkey was walking around and fell through a shaft (I said shaft again) and discovered the buried tombs of several kings and queens and other nobility. We walked down a primitive spiral staircase and were
Alexandria
Castle at Alexandria at least 75 feet below. We cruised around the burial site and learned how the families of those who departed would eat and then take a nap in the catacombs. Now that is just gross.
As the day grew hotter we were off to Pompei’s Pillar. It was a big pillar in the middle of some ruins. As we strolled around the place, a young boy who was on his roof right next to the site started a lovely conversation with us. A simple “Hallo” was followed by an even better “F@$& You!” It gets better, he followed that with, “F@#& your Mother”. Ohh, kids these days. It’s great to know that even the youth in other countries are learning English, and so well too. It’s obvious this kid had cable.
The end of the tour ended with lunch at a restaurant facing the Mediterranean, a view of a castle on the ocean and a drive through the Presidential Palace’s Garden. This is one of his residences that he doesn’t use anymore, only dignitaries of other countries stay there, but the gardens are open to the public and there is a great beach as well. It was a
Presidential Palace
One of the presidential homes in Alexandria long day and we all slept on the 3 ½ hour drive it took to get back to Cairo. And by slept, I mean short snoozes in between the honking horns and weaving cars.
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Ricki
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OMG
I'm LOL at these 2 days!! I can see/hear Judy - funny!!! RRL