Time for another adventure
Trip Start
May 10, 2010
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Trip End
Sep 17, 2010
Where I stayed
Meramees Hotel
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Cairo, Al Qāhirah, Egypt
Friday, June 18, 2010
The hotel we stayed at was great at only $15NZD each for the night, it was no Vietnam, but it was ten times better then the Rome accommodation. The heat here is phenomenal at a staggering 40 degrees, thankfully its a dry heat though.
The following day we headed to the Cosmopolitan Hotel, which would be where our Middle Eastern tour for the next 17 days started. The first day of the tour consisted of having a meeting and passing over important information like emergency contacts (mum), so if say a camel was to trample me, they would know who to inform.
We got straight into the iconic landmarks on day two with a trip to the Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza, backed up with a trip to a Papyrus Museum and the Cairo Museum. While at the Pyramids, Rups and I crawled through 1 meter high passageways to the tomb inside the second Pyramid. We were surprised to find everyone with cameras in the tomb as we were told it was not allowed. We obviously have a lot to learn of this country and its rules.
After the full packed day it was time to get on a 13 hour night train to take us to Aswan located up the Nile.
