We reached the very smoggy Cairo an hour and a half late since the flight was changed at the last minute to include a not-so-quick stop in Luxor. Our pre-arranged city tour guide, Max, was waiting for us with the driver. The sightseeing started with a visit to an excellent falafel shop followed by a drive out to see the Saqqara Pyramid and Memphis. We were impressed even with this “rev0 design”, stair stepped pyramid. From there, we drove out to the Giza Plateau for the main dish of the day: The Great Pyramids. We’ve been told by some that those would be underwhelming; and I thought we were the jaded ones. Actually, we were blown away. The lack of tourists helped I’m sure but the structures themselves were simply mind blowing. We got dropped off at our nice hotel in the afternoon – once again amazed at how far the dollar goes in these days of cholera.
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Waiting at the Sharm airport for our very early morning flight back to Cairo (Dec. 2020).Our city guide and driver picking us up. Welcome to Cairo (Dec. 2020).We started our two days in and around Cairo with a visit to a falafel shop (Dec. 2020).Cairo traffic (Dec. 2020).Cairo randomness (Dec. 2020).Saqqara Pyramid. I think it’s cool that Egyptians would name a pyramid after a local beer (Dec. 2020).Pyramid of Userkaf – less than mint condition (Dec. 2020).Saqqara (Dec. 2020).Yo dawg, can I bum cig?Saqqara (Dec. 2020).Shirley and the stair stepped pyramid of Saqqara (Dec. 2020).Shirley vs. the pyramid (Dec. 2020).A wider angle view (Dec. 2020).Some unearthed tombs around the pyramid (Dec. 2020).Into a pyramid. I was crawling on all fours (Dec. 2020).Inside the burial chamber of a pyramid around Saqqara (Dec. 2020).I don’t know man – it’s all hieroglyphics to me (Dec. 2020).Shirley in the pyramid (Dec. 2020).See what I mean?Saqqara (Dec. 2020).Memphis (Dec. 2020).Memphis (Dec. 2020).Memphis (Dec. 2020).Max ‘splainin in Memphis (Dec. 2020).Memphis (Dec. 2020).Memphis (Dec. 2020).Memphis. The colors – I’m assuming they have not been touched up – were more than a little vibrant considering their age (Dec. 2020).Giza Pyramids entrance (Dec. 2020).And there it is: The Great Pyramid of Khufu (Dec. 2020).Great Pyramid of Khufu (left) and Pyramid of Khafre (Dec. 2020).The metropolis of Giza pushing up against the pyramid complex (Dec. 2020).Great Pyramid of Khufu. Original entrance is the one above the tourists (Dec. 2020).Shirley at the base of the Great Pyramid (Dec. 2020).Two wankers getting closer to Khufu (Dec. 2020).Look at these freakin tourists (Dec. 2020).Photos by Max (Dec. 2020).Shirley vs the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Dec. 2020).Pyramid of Khafre (Dec. 2020).Pyramid of Khafre with its intact outer covering visible at the top (Dec. 2020).Different corner of the Great Pyramid (Dec. 2020).A camel, Shirley, Max, and Khare (Dec. 2020).More Khafre …and Shirley and Max (Dec. 2020).Another view of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Dec. 2020).Pyramid of Khafre (Dec. 2020).A certain camel and the pyramids (Dec. 2020).A certain Shirley and the pyramids (Dec. 2020.Pyramids and the pyramids: Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure (Dec. 2020).After taking the photo, the camel asked me for a baksheesh (Dec. 2020).Got looped into some tourist shit (Dec. 2020).Giza Pyramids (Dec. 2020).Giza camels (Dec. 2020).But I guess we enjoyed it (Dec. 2020).More views (Dec. 2020).Oh yeah, we cool even if the camel on the right disagrees (Dec. 2020).Look at the camera, look at the camera (Dec. 2020).It was an amazing experience especially without the hoards of tourist (Dec. 2020).The one and only Sphinx (Dec. 2020).Going in for a closer looksee (Dec. 2020).Quite impressive in person (Dec. 2020).With the Pyramid of Khufu (Dec. 2020).Like a special ed phys ed class (Dec. 2020).But the final result is…well, still pretty much special ed though probably worth the 100 Egyptian pounds we paid (Dec. 2020).Pyramids of Khafre (left) and Khufu and some human half breed (Dec. 2020).A wider angle take of the same scene (Dec. 2020).After almost two weeks of either shivering or camping, it was nice to get a sweet deal on a place with a hot shower and clean towels (Dec. 2020).A mediocre pyramid named after a mediocre beer (Dec. 2020).Views from the hotel (Dec. 2020).
