Wow, I always thought it was tough to drive in Rome or Paris. These cities are child's play compared to Cairo. We drove off this morning in the smog and dust and first went to the Pyramids. Spectacular as you would think. Then we went to the National Museum. Unfortunately, they do not allow cameras in there and there were about 75,000 militia around the place to make sure your cell phone didn't click either. Saw King Tut's things, although about 25% is on tour. Saw the royal mummies and they were neat too. After lunch, we went to the bazaar to be attacked by hoards of sellers of everything useless. Sorry, for those of you expecting me to return bearing gifts, I can't bring myself to buy junk. Total elapsed was 8 hours, over 2 and a half sitting in traffic in the van.
It was a wonderful day though with an excellent young woman guide and the only sane driver in Cairo, Thanks Be to Allah for him! We have about a 40 hour day tomorrow as Chris and I will leave the hotel at 6:30 AM to preflight and fuel the aircraft. We will get to Dubai and leave at midnight on the Delta flight and then add another 20 hours and we will be in Orlando! I haven't the heart to total it yet. Here are some pictures of the gang playing around the pyramids and just one shot of the traffic. If there are two lanes on the road, the cars make 3 to 5 lanes out of that. If it is a 4 lane road, I can't count the rows of cars! May boost up another edition tomorrow night waiting for the plane. Love to all at home, the greatest place on Earth! Bob
4 comments:
Bob: Who needs a ride home? I have a Mercedes station wagon and would be happy to pick anyone up....you're arriving on a Delta flight from Atlanta around 10:00 a.m. on Friday at MCO, right? I can be at arriving flights/baggage anytime you say and will pick up and deliver home anyone whose intersted.....lemme know!
What a cool picture of the pyramid,sphinx, and two old men (just kidding; we're all jealous). Thanks for letting us live vicariously.
Roz
PS-Did Jim graduate from Winter Haven high school? I think that he was a friend of my brother, Scoot Roberts.
Woohoo! I just seen a real life Bob sighting.
Yes Roz, he did.
All got back yesterday. I have a little jet lag to deal with and will post the pics from the last few days. Trip continues without a hitch! Bob
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