Had a great time last night, we wanted to go see the Sound & Light Show at the Pyramids but alas they were cancelled because Andrea Bocelli is performing there for 10 days (come on I say). So instead we met up with our new friend Edward who we met in Alex. and decided to go on a Nile Dinner Cruise, which to say the least was interesting. Let me try set the scene for you - Us (Simon, Edward and myself) are on board this boat on the nile, theres 20 odd guys from Iceland, two older couples, two older ladies, and 4 guys from Thailand - yep it's tourist central right about now. So we are eating dinner there is a guy singing old love songs and the three of us can't stop laughing, it was one of those romantic moments that was just plan weird. The atmosphere changed quite quickly when the bellydancer came out, and with her every single male that was on that boat was in the dining room (drolling in some capacity), following her this traditional arabic dressed male comes out dancing, I think he is meant to be the male version of a belly dancer but it just wasn't working for me, prehaps because he kept winking at Edward...ODD! So it turned out our early night turned into a late one, in bed by 12.30am giving us 4 hours sleep before our Sunrise Camel ride.
We woke up at 4.30am to head over to Giza where we were to climb on the back of a camel, and trek towards the Great Pyramids and watch the sunrise. This I have to say has been one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had, the sun is rising behind us as we head toward the Pyramids. We maneuver our camels through all the back alleys and at last we see a slight glimpse of the pyramids and then they are gone, only to reappear moments later much bigger then I could have possible imagined. We head toward a sand dune in the Sahara Desert (yes, thats right the Sahara Desert) over looking the pyramids, here we let our camels rest while we get camera happy. With the wind blowing all around the desert it's rather cold this early in the morning, but its beauty is riviting and breath taking, I couldn't help but just sit there and ponder how lucky I am that I'm here and just basking in the glory that is before me.
Tomorrow we plan to go the Meusem and back the Pyramids but this time we are getting right up next to them, and then it's off on the overnight train travelling south to Aswan.
Until next time, ma'a salaama
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