My Trip to Egypt
Christmas vacation started when I went to Egypt. We then flew to Cairo where we met rest of the tour group. Imagine Kenyans and Indians in Cairo, the largest city in Africa with a population of about 16 million. We stayed at grand Pyramids hotel, a five star hotel in the centre of the city. We soon found out that even if Egypt is a third world country, it is much modernized. This is especially in Cairo with its fantastic art deco, great shopping areas and great roads. We started our trip in Cairo by visiting the pyramids of Giza. They were incredible and was built based on balance so there was no concrete or anything else use to keep them upright. The builders just placed one stone on another and then another and on and on….. till the top. The largest of the three, the Great Pyramid of Cheops, towers at 450 feet, has almost 2 ½ million gigantic stone blocks and is the only survivor of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Pyramid of Chephren is 2 feet shorter than the Great Pyramid. Our guide took us to the place that is upright to the tip of the pyramid. That is considered a sacred spot and any wish you make here is supposed to come true. In addition to the pyramids, we also went to see the sphinx. In the afternoon we went to see how the children use to weave carpets. Later on we went to see the perfume factory called le perfume; they made perfume out of natural plants they didn’t use alcohol at all. The next day we went to chan- el- khalili, Cairo’s renown handicraft bazaar. Next we went to the valleys of the kings, there were many tombs. We went to the Tutankhamuns tomb. Tutankhamun was a pharaoh of slight importance who died oddly at the tender age 19, but his tomb was amazingly decorated art was full of the most incredible treasures including all sorts of necklaces, rings, bracelets and an amazing head mask of solid gold and it was the most preserved tomb. Later on we went to the Komombo Temple sole in that is shared between two gods, Sobek the crocodile