The great pyramids of Giza..what can you say? It is such an amazing sight as you catch your first glimpses from the taxi window. Standing there and looking at them for the first time, you can’t help but think you’ve waited your whole life to see them with your own eyes. Everyone says they are much smaller than they imagined, we thought they looked bigger. In America (or Europe for that matter) if there was something like the pyramids in a town, it would be surrounded by nothing but world class hotels, fine restaurants, condos, etc…not here, not in Giza. The pyramids are literally next door to dilapidated buildings, places you would never dream of staying the night-even with the best view ever. We always imagined the pyramids to way out in the desert with nothing
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