Egyptian Adventure Part 2 - The Pyramids

The pyramids were quite spectacular. What you see in the movies and in pictures just does not compare to seeing them in real life. The scale of such a monument really leaves you jaw dropped when seeing them for the first time. There was the 3 main pyramids that you usually see in the movies and pictures , but there were also many smaller pyramids scattered around the area.

While i was there , i got to go inside one of the pyramids. It was a series of very cramped downward and upward corridors for a good 10 mins then you reach the burial chamber. It was quite small and really empty because of tomb robbers. Along the way into the burial chamber , you could see many blocked off corridors and stuff , meaning that there are definitely other chambers and stuff that have been explored already! You really feel like Indiana jones going through those corridors all that was missing was the fire torch!

Outside of the pyramids there were many people selling stuff and lots of them trying to scam you out of your money. As i was walking past one of them he shouted "Rambo is back". I nearly get into a fist fight with that guy because he was trying to scam me and being quite persistent. Luckily a local came and broke it up before he got hurt :) Here are some pics of the pyramids

The Second great pyramid

After the pyramids , we went to visit the sphinx. Now this was very underwhelming. It was still quite incredible to see , its just that it is always portrayed to be so big in movies and picture , but in reality it is quite a small monument. While taking pics there , there were several street kids busy trying to hustle you out of cash , and some were begging. One kid came up to me and started tracing the lines of my tattoo on my arm with his finger. I dropped 5 dollars out of my pocket while getting my phone , and this kid picked the money up and started shouting that its his. Eventually he gave me back and nearly starting crying because i refused to give him my money. So i bought water and gave him 2 dollars instead. He was about 15 years old i think. Also saw that there was a project in progress to restore the sphinx to its former glory , lots of careful rebuilding was done along the bottom sides of the sphinx. Here are some pictures of the sphinx:

Some of the reconstruction of the Sphinx

 The #1 lesson learnt that day was : NEVER WEAR SANDALS TO THE DESERT!