14 May 2024
A bucket list trip. We had 3 nights in Cairo, to visit the Step Pyramids at Sakkara, The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx . Also The Egypt Museum . With our 2 friends we had a private tour with an Egyptologist (Mohammed) from our tour company . The trip was wonderful, the Sakkara tour was so interesting, and gave an insight into how life was lived almost 3,000 BC , so many similarities to today . My friend and I also went down into one of the tombs . Fascinating . The trip to The Great Pyramid & Sphinx was also a wonderful experience , my father was there in the war and took some fantastic photos. I was prepared to be disappointed, being told there was a McDonalds beside the Pyramid !! However, found it to be untrue. Yes, the city has encroached upon it , but it is fenced off well away from the houses , yes, hundreds of tourist buses and tourists , but this is the 21st century. You can ride a camel or take a horse and carriage to the plateau and view the 9 Pyramids in a row ( we took horse & carriage) & yes the view was amazing and an unforgettable experience . Wouldn’t have missed it for the world .