Egypt travel--about Africa, go to Egypt (2)

2007 September 26 Cairo — hufu great pyramid — Sakala pyramid-Aswan night train

The next day my classmates give me the message that her friend in the whole local booked Egypt tour, and my hotel has set, the second half of the trip with them, so not to me, but let me play with today with them after the back and the boss, I lamented this again trouble, contact the person in charge of the spring and autumn the unwilling to see if you can adjust the hotel.

Ten cars on time to meet me, or a car, is this mission only 2 people, they ask the really is. Originally, we want to split the 3 people, which knows a fare on the bus tour will let me pay 25 USD fares and tickets costs EGP 50, foreign travel ideas and some differences, not let others along the way, a lift is available free of charge, but everyone out, it seems that I don't want to occupy Egypt's cheap. Local travel arrangements for travel and not from the main entrance into visiting the pyramids, but let us look at the camels walking along the perimeter, but the pyramids camel riding out to additional costs 130 pounds. First time camel riding was just beginning to adapt to a top a top of a little tough, especially when you feel like and down Camel airplane, it rose to the sky, a fall from a height, body must also be backwards, camel kneel down and when the visitor leg may fall. I met many foreign tourists take a whip his camel race, very exciting, I admire but do not dare to try. Also encountered a white Camisole dress Chinese girl graceful and ride a camel, not afraid of this scorching, badly!! I did with the umbrella was inconvenient for a hat on the road with the Sun scorched, annoying fly has always been by my side flew, I occasionally shaking his head off a fly, I tied up in a ponytail, played a role worthy of the cauda equina, as I head rotation swept to sweep to catch flies. Ride the moment after the clock goes far to see the front three pyramids, the guide said that this is the famous hufu great pyramid, we got very excited schematic tour stopped to take pictures, we stay for a while after the guide told us in front of hillside can beat all three pyramids, so we continue to get somewhere, just in front of the hillside of the three pyramids are tapped in.

The great pyramid from right to left are the Khufu, Hough la pyramid and Meng Koala pyramid, with the most famous Khufu, was built some 2570 year BC, was the Pharaoh Hufu himself built bed mausoleum.

The other two were his son and grandson. The great pyramid original 146.59 meters high, equivalent to 40 floors, since thousands of years of weathering and erosion of the currently high 138 meters around the bottom edge of the Minister; 220 m (the original up to 230 m). Thousands of years, it has always been the highest on Earth. It is 230 million pieces of polished limestone stone, average weight about each rock 2.5 tons, stones engagement is very strict and even pieces of paper is inserted into the construction has spent 100 000 people. His son's Tomb a Hough la pyramid built 2650 years BC, lower than the former, but 3 m more perfect spectacular architectural forms, and since the terrain of the reasons she looks great Khufu, first I will give it wrong think Khufu. Third pyramid is hufu grandson King Meng Koala, built around 2600 years BC. At that time was the fourth dynasty fading era, pyramid building began to decline. Meng Koala pyramid height suddenly dropped to 66 meters.

The way we took many pictures of the pyramid, when close to the Khufu is finally saw the famous old Sphinx.

Ancient Egypt who worshipped the lion, Lion incarnation of strength, the ancient Egypt's Pharaoh to Sphinx in their vaults outside as a patron saint. Sphinx is also called "Sphinx", in Arabic means "father of terror" and its height of 73 metres, 21 meters high, face and foot five metres wide. Legend has it that Sphinx often make crossing people guess it out Riddle, guess who is evil. Pharaoh of ancient Egypt map-Morse IV (former 1425 — former 1408 years) when you are young, have a dream, a dream Sphinx told him that he doesn't like to be buried in the sand. Map-Morse becomes King upon ordering the Sphinx surrounding sand clear, and then put his dream records a stone, stone still in Sphinx of the forefoot. Sphinx as magnificent, it is solemn, gaze into the distance. Those who fought against Turkey, Egypt to Sphinx nose and whiskers do target dapao, was destroyed in the nose and whiskers extant in the British Museum in London.

By visiting the pyramid you should let us lunch, the tour did not stop eating, continue to take us to two shopping shop — flavor shop and straight paper sedge.

Flavor and paper sedge is a specialty paintings, it is said that Egypt and many world famous brand perfume's fragrance origin in Egypt, Egypt considered the cradle of their flavor. Since ancient Egypt from pollen extract flavor, used to treat people. In fact this is the case, France is now a world famous perfume, 19th century France who deciphered the frescos of ancient Egypt Egypt's manufacturing process, is essential to master the technology of manufacture of perfumes. In the shop owners passionately gave us a flavor of the "enlightenment" education, from time to time in our wrists, arms, or even hand rubbed on a variety of flavors, intense aroma that my nose in the end will not be able to tell what kind of flavors and aromas. Although the flavor bottle is very nice, the flavor is pure, but this kind of shopping at the price point is high, but not easy to bring our bottles are fragile ultimately didn't buy. The paper is straight and visit the sedge is quite interesting, to receive our instructors actually speaks a foreign language to us of introduction, we laughed and asked him not to specialized schools learned, he tells us he is followed by TV self-study, this point let us admire. Later I heard that in Egypt the majority of Chinese tour guide was so learn Chinese. This store has a lot of the boss business-minded, it is said that customers are what people he would arrange to speak this language of instructors, it is worth using. Instructors give us demonstrates the Papyrus production process, it's raw materials is a growth in the Nile shore sedge grass-fed, I feel a bit like a Reed pipe。 In order to guarantee the flexibility of Papyrus, first with beating method grass-only flat crowd of hay in the water, this core as well as enhanced grass fiber of toughness, hit after the grass also after working procedure, soaking in the water after six days on two pieces of cloth to absorb water and then placed in between the Teppanyaki restaurant in compact, so the bulb 6 days pressure 6 days became thin sheets. This wonderful Papyrus rub rubbing, placed in the water would not be bad. Introduction, visit hung with paper Sedge, are ancient Egypt's legends and stories, but also put its instructors to two famous paintings, IOI-"Fu" and "step" is really given much thought. We found a Pocket shop paper sedge painting paper color and there are talking, ask to know this is immersing time, short, long, deep. Although shop paper sedge drawing nice but the price is very expensive, small to large 50 pounds, at least 100 pounds, if bought in the market is up to 10 lbs. Instructors also told us to buy 50 pounds of art play 8 fold, 100-pound hit 7 fold, then see that we want to go, simply say the price can also be discussed.

After you have finished shopping shop tour guide to take us to the equally famous Sakala pyramids, one of the most famous is the step pyramid, is a six-storey building built in a pyramid, it is the ancient Egypt's first pyramid, because a few years ago in visitor inside disappearance is closed, you can only visit outside the corridor.

Stepped pyramid tickets 50 pounds (about RMB 60), indeed Egypt tickets and tickets for domestic frequently prefer is cheap compared to their most expensive ticket is 100 pounds, those attractions ticket fee is absolutely worth it. Buy tickets when I realized that my classmates and her friends to do the international student ID card, also is supporting the intermediary to do, as long as the copy of student ID card with the visa and will be able to do, because I haven't done a visa is not told me that general international student ID card, the world will be valid for one year, age 35, with its light tickets they saved me at least wuliubai pounds. Until the afternoon of day attractions have all comes to an end, the guide that is said to take us to eat lunch, I'm wading, bitter! they too had we followed the Ramadan, the holy month of Ramadan. The local staple food is similar to cake, pie, Xinjiang SAC have barbecue (mainly meat, chicken), roast lamb flavor could not help but remind me of the Xinjiang lamb kebab fragrance, quite good. But their appetite, pickle! really extreme taste and acid and salt and sweet food sweet that sick. As a result of beverage not included in the lunch, we all had a cup of freshly squeezed juice, thick juice sliding gates, tooth cheek aroma to Egypt must taste their freshly squeezed juice.

After lunch we went back to my classmate's Hotel, where only a dozen or so dollars a night, almost with hostels, poorer, I booked the hotel for one night but to 115 USD too extravagant, living in Cairo in 1950 USD a night.

And the boss about my trip, I want to add the second half of the stroke to it, but haven't received a clear answer, spring and autumn can be set to Luxor. Evening boss sent us on to the night train to Aswan, my car and my classmate's car exactly are twin, but I just paid 80 dollars, they have to pay 60 dollars, now I understand why ticket saying that there is no single box, the original twin room living becomes a single box. The way we have a car has been a waiter for our services, to stand before him suddenly ran to my coach told me that a pass, generally mean my two friends next door to the tip too few only 2 pounds, I heard that it was asking me for tips. For domestic travel online to see what others have said in Egypt life level is not high, to 1 pound tip is enough, so I asked my classmates to 1 lb tips, now it seems this is laohuangli, and as domestic prices also rise of tips here. I give him 1 dollar tip told him three persons were we can surprise later my classmates to knock on my door to ask if I would give $ 1 waiter tips, original waiter took me 1 dollars went knocking on their door get a tip, I didn't change the students said, he will give them 2 pounds, has personality! tip also face, my students feel embarrassed, I concurred with two pounds to her, I also only those change. Get off in front of my classmates to his 4 pounds, he obviously better, enthusiastically told us about Aswan, also recommended that I buy a hat. In each of them to give a tip, can't be together, like the high point of the place at least for 5 pounds a tip.