Day 2: Cairo and Giza

Official 1st day of tour...

1st destination: Giza and the Sphinx:
Very spectaculr and much better than photos. A bit disappointed that I couldn't go inside the pyramid. Reason: We went around all 3 sides of the pyramid, only to realize that the entrance to the inside on the pyramid was on the 4th side!.. So sadly, I could only take pics from the outside (since there was no time to go inside by the time we found the entrance). 2nd disappointment was the highly anticipated camel ride didn't happen :(... But still the pyramids were great! And the sphinx is sooo diffferent up close! Too bad the sphinx is a man.. haha!

Intermission: Lunch and Papyrus Place
Then after visiting the pyramids and the sphinx, we went for lunch at this really expensive restaurant for some buffet (70 EGP)... VERY not worth it (in Egypt, food can be bought at around 2 to 15 EGP... exchange rate is 1 USD:5.7 EGP).

Also went to papyrus place and saw how they made super paper! You can dip it in water, and all the ink goes off it. It can be twisted and not break... who needs e-paper when you got this stuff???

2nd Destination: Egyptian Musuem
At the Egyptian musuem, we saw 90,000 artifacts... and they were originals (ie. not replicas). I have to admit that this part of the trip was a bit hazy since I was sooo sleepy! I almost collapsed on the floor not once, but twice from the lack of sleep and exhaustion!!! The parts I remember seeing was great thought. King Tut, mummies, statues, all very cool! Can't believe they housed so many original artifacts here. The museum could work on how they present their material though. The place was poorly lit, and items were EVERYWHERE, didn't really wow me as much as I thought it could when its a museum with over 90,00 artifacts from 4000 years ago.

3rd Destination: Sleeper Train
And if this day wasn't crazy and packed enough, we boarded a sleeper train that night. First time on a train where I sleep overnite on! Surprisingly, the sleep was super there. The room was air conditioned, there were rattles here and there, but it was a very rejunvenating sleep! Tomorrow we will have left Cairo and have arrived in Aswan, a place famous for spices.

New food:
Koshiri = rice, lentos, macaroni + tomato sauce (1 EGP)
Tolgen = Macaroni with meat sauce (2 EGP)