Cairo day 2

 Well, we did not spend enough time in Cairo so we packed it all in one day. We got picked up at 8am and headed straight for the pyramids. Traffic is just nutty here, yo. There's lines on the road but they are just decoration... motorbikes everywhere with flip flops and no helmet, Huge G class wagons apparently just hunting pedestrians. There's traffic cops drinking tea on the roadside but I never saw one in motion, perhaps because there aren't any rules.

So, the pyramids. It got hot fast. Oh, I think I just learned how to type italics. Well, that's that then. 

The pyramids were astounding, grounding, breathtaking... so much bigger on the outside and smaller on the inside than I would have thought. One of my favourite parts were the cute TikTok tourists trying to climb them in kitten heels and white dresses.

shes wearing heels, lol. 

they make you do this. It's a rite of passage. O, where did my italics go?

We also went inside the great pyramid (the italics are back lol) and I did not have a claustrophobic panic attack but damn it was close. You hike up a ramp doubled over for a very long time while people are also trying to come down and it's so tight and at the end you end up in a sarcophagus that feels just like a sarcophagus. It was a good 40 minutes of just convincing myself I would get fresh air again one day. But, I've been inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, so there's that.

its a 45 degree incline with rings and the tunnel is maybe 4 feet high? Throw in a bunch of tourists and it's unpleasant.

Sarcophagus shot: 

and crawled out.

The sphinx is also really cool and way larger than I had thought. It was just epic to walk these roads and see these incredible testaments to... well, narcissism really. Read up on the 3 pyramids at this site. 

Also this is exactly where Pink Floyd played Dark Side of the Moon when they were here. 

Then into the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum. It opened 3 months ago and was co built by Egypt and the Japanese... and I'm sure I have the Japanese to thank for the unreal organization of the place. It's gorgeous.

This is just the entrance corridor to the Museum. Inside it is arranged by timeline, with each period divided into society, kingship and beliefs. And a whole separate section for Tut's tomb and the hella hella gold that was in it. Every time I say something that was 7000 years old, and that's a lot of things, I thought of Canada being 159 and kind of laughed my ass off. Also, craftsmanship has really gone down hill. 

Here's some of my favourite things:

Tuts not only got gold sandals, but he added gold toe looking toe holes for extra bling.

I mean, there it is! The man, the myth, the legend. In solid gold. It's crazy.

I loved these guys and here's the writeup because I'm now at the airport and tired lol. But they are from 1279 bc. My God. 

We also went and saw how papyrus was made, to an apothecary, a cotton .. maker place,  a spice market, and I got to try hawashi, an Egyptian meat bread that was on my must try list and it was delicious. Back to the hotel to grab dinner and change and run for the airport where I now sit for the red eye to Nairobi. An amazing day, truly.

Last sunset on the Nile and the hilarious party boats that start as soon as the sun goes down.

I'll miss you, Egypt! Until we meet again.