Giza Plateau

Sunday 28/12/08
And so on day 12th we found ourselves immersed in Egyptian Culture in Cairo. We arrived on the Giza Plateau to visit the great pyramids and the sphinx.

Bob, our Egyptian guide told us that it would cost US$20 to enter the pyramid and that we had to crawl on all fours as the passage was very low and narrow. In addition to that he said the air circulation was terrible inside the pyramid and so advised us to think carefully before going in.
My family was content with just sight seeing on the outside and attempting to climb the rocks was equally fun but not easy. However the boys were checked when they climbed higher than the permissible level. They had tourist police all around the pyramid base to discourage people from climbing too high up the rocks.

We also visited the Eygptian Museum and were not allowed to take photos. The group was tired and was also reluctant to pay for group photos taken by the photography touts outside the museum.
So inside the museum we saw the bodies of many mummy, their many sarcophagus, many male and female statues of kings and queens and all kinds of artifacts ....too many to describe.
They brought back memories of the Eygptian History chapters when I studied World history in secondary school. What a pity no pictures!