Free Arab lunch, it was the myth
In the morning, wake up early, sleep.
Feel my mind not adapted to this strange pillows, how can not sleep at ease. Muslim devout early prayer and in the window, La RI multi-bar and endless. Simply get up to the roof garden to eat breakfast.Was in the morning, but the sun still relentless roasting of North Africa.
Watching without the slightest clouds sky, our today's journey with some fear. While we are still good to eat breakfast, set good drivers yesterday has appeared on time. "Hi, my Chinese friends, good morning!" drivers enthusiastic and greet us. A mint tea to swallow yet, be the sudden good morning sound was almost not being choked. Drivers on time makes us feel very unexpected, always think Arabs to your commitment can only as a soap bubble bubble, cannot be taken with a grain of salt. However, think about it, no one and make money, the Arabs are no exception.Was building, only to find the car also sits a bit, the driver said this is a guide.
We'll have a feeling of betrayal."Yesterday and you say well, we only hire your car does not need a tour guide!" we roundly rejected.
"Have guided tours! you will need!" made a site about drivers we look.
"No!" once again showed our position.
Car guided tours to see this scene from the car down, Nadel smile came over to us."Oh my Chinese friends.
This is my first time hosting from China to travelers. For the sake of our friendship, I will be free of charge for your services. "Guide" with fair lobby we vowed to Allah, really is free! "Traps, this is a trap.
There is no free lunch, there will be no more free Arab lunch. We again refused and tour guide. Drivers aside bangqiang: "you do not have to pay additional fees, he assured Allah have sworn an oath, it must be free of charge. "Considering that we are also not find another car, after consultation, we had to compromise. He two cunning Arabs said: "we will pay you said yesterday that good fare, will not be paid any fees your other! as a guide, are you willing to follow our. Look at you to swear by Allah, we defer on the share that you. If you subsequently asked for money to the US, Allah will punish you! "Finally you can hit the road.
But sit in the back seat of a heavy heart we have. We know this is a trap, but have to jump to it.Various parts of the Guide are the same, like a bird a Sparrow endlessly.
But if you encounter is the Arab tourist guide, then you like fell into a toad, quack noise sounds so restless. Since we are on the road, the Arab guide has been said, no matter what others have to listen to. While pointing to the field of cattle told us it was the "Egypt's cow", pointed at the side of a tree and told us it was the "tree" of Egypt, a bunch of nonsense. We finally could take, so Chen pointed at the roadside is looking for a group of chicken-eating said: "you see, it must be chicken, Egypt's chicken!" guide of spirits was interrupted. "Oh, my Chinese friends, you all know!" and "of course we also know that the sheep are Egypt, Egypt's dog, it is the flower of Egypt, Egypt's coconut jujube .... We just want a quiet look at these things of Egypt "and" well, guys! "we finally have the rest.The car was as crazy mouse-like way.
We have become accustomed to being left in the back seat to shake, and the ability to maintain physical equilibrium to look out the window at the same time. In fact, scenery and not beautiful. Sun seems to be away here all the colors, leaving only the color yellow. We are surprised that there are many houses of the roof are reinforced stands, it is not completed yet. Quickly asked the Guide, the Guide has finally caught the opportunity can be demonstrated, and can't wait for the answer: "Oh, those houses! houses really isn't finished. The owner of the House until then had the money, then proceeded to cover. But, who knows when are they going to be rich! you quickly see that a movie ... "as a guide the direction of the fingers, we saw a movie in ruins. "It was the city of Cairo's death" and "why is the city of the dead?" we conceal curiosity, finally guard, starting together with the Guide."The city of the dead is dead live.
"Eloquent speaking tour guide."It's not just the cemetery?"
"Of course, should be regarded as a cemetery.
This is the ancient Egypt people dedicated to the dead of the construction of a city. In order to be able to let the dead relatives here like living the same life time. This dead city there are street, number, and each room is fully equipped. ”"Now or will be dead and buried to it?" for Egypt's ideas, we joined the impervious anyway.
Maybe they were out of the respect of the death of loved ones, but also on their own after an arrangement."Now there's not dead, but living! those money building a House for the poor!" tour mystical lacking to the question "do you want to go and see?"
"Oh, we did not know there really is a living or a ghost.
"For such a city of the living dead, we really have no interest and no guts. There is absolutely no Xiao Long Nu and the tomb of the living dead to romance.The Nile, you can see that mark the immortal civilization of the large regiment stood there.
When you really use my eyes watching this monster, but far from our imagination of dazzling, but presently declining to far spectator unlimited alone. We do not have toAt the foot of the great pyramid, but turned the corner and in Egypt's oldest stepped pyramid edges stopped the car. Egypt Pharaoh's most ancient tombs form, is the show of the vicissitudes of stepped pyramid. Studied it, can experience the time of transfer and merciless, regardless of when and how great, now leaving only a pou loess.Vicious Sun scorched and we are going into Coke.
We are in no mood to this pile of stones from what worries them. Nonplussed by get on the bus, ask the bus driver will air all the way up. The driver laughing at us, saying we are the cream of ice cream. "Next stop, we will visit a paper sedge Museum. "A guide to our announcement. The original trap here waiting for us. This and the domestic situation similar to that of the so-called Museum also is selling souvenirs, guests as long as the consumer, the guide can get kickbacks from the shop. Sure, this paper sedge Museum at best only a workshop. While on tour this sudden arrangements are dissatisfied, but Egypt ornate paper sedge painting we are really interested. In this workshop, the guys is very patient as we demonstrate the use of paper made from Cyperus can write painting paper, how Papyrus draw a beautiful pattern, how to identify this pattern is hand-drawn or printed. We do not want this shop to buy things because we know that the price will certainly here than in other shops, know that the guide will get many benefits. But we really tempted, just as is the beautiful paintings of the poisoning, dimly took out his wallet and a lot of money to the workshop and the tour guide. It's been swindled willing, fell into the trap of the enemy, but also help the enemy will trap to dig deeper. The Guide seems to be for our consumer satisfaction, high spirits took us to dinner. I have to admit, I am very fond of the Arabs. In the restaurant's entrance, watching fat Arab Auntie swinging a stocky arms, curing their home-style Roasted Baba, and then use this fresh out of the oven's coke of Baba, with their special variety of sauces, very delicious. Eat enough baking Baba, drink enough Mint, suavissimus us determined to no longer give no squeezing our tour guides. Guided tours from restaurant doorways into the head, ask us: "you can start to see the great pyramids?"Finally, we arrived in the pictures seen on thousands of times of the great pyramid.
Three great pyramids and scattered over several small pyramid composition the psychedelic scene. No nose of Sphinx quietly standing in front of the great pyramid, the eyes look to the Nile, countless vicissitudes. We went on a guided tour of persuasion hired a coach to take us through to the big pyramids. I used to imagine many times I see the entire mipmap pyramid of expression, even after the mirror too excited expression walkthrough, but I'm surprised I feel at the moment. Thought I would be in front of the great historical witness the shock, or even moved to tears. But in fact does not, I was so calm, calm to only to this feeling of a tour, only the "this is the pyramid". Although it is so great, but I did not feel very small. I put my ideas said to his companions, they also have this feeling. Sun slanting ramp of cover in the pyramid, which makes it more of a layer of light, Yiu to my eyes. At the moment I have only one idea: too hot to quickly get out of here!Fear of Pharaoh's curse, I did not enter inside the pyramids.
Pyramid of travel so hastily ended.
We just like ice cream like fear of African sunshine will we roast, but also fear that as Desert Fox, crafty tour unknowingly squeezing our money. We tightly to her own wallet, to send in advance. Since the bucket but Fox, we hide too.In coming to Egypt after the first day that I am on this trip was full of panic and fear of the unknown.
I had to revisit this I coveted place. His civilization, he's great, belongs only to him in the past, but now the Egypt far for thousands of years ago.More travel stories and photos please visit: http://blog.sina.com.cn/m/pearl
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(Pyramid)
(Stepped pyramid)
(Stepped pyramid Temple next to the mural)
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