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The pyramid of Khufu looks larger
than that of Kahfre in the background, but that is an optical illusion.
This pyramid was once coated with white alabaster. Just a small bit of
the cap still remains. The camel driver on the right is a little
disgusted because I wouldn't have my picture taken on his camel. I used
Russian a lot to say net!
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In front of Khufu lies the Sphinx,
defaced but wearing some of the symbols of a pharaoh--the nemsis (headress)
and false beard. Our first night we sat facing this colossal creation
and the 3 pyramids while a laser light show created the story of their
creation. They even recreated what the face of the Sphinx would have
looked like.
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To keep the sand from building up
around the base, a large pit has been dug and no one can enter the
basin. I don't know if one could survive a fall into it, but I wouldn't
want to chance it.
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I did pay to have this one taken, but
surely glad I didn't ride one on the two hour trip. Let me assure you
that you had better hang on tight when that head and front legs go down.
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A view of the rich fields that abound
along the Nile. You can see the pyramids of Giza, the smallest one first
in line, part of the cityscape. The fields contain rice, carrots,
onions, artichokes, etc. Although the Nile is clean, the canals feeding
these fields are used to dump trash so they are not.
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Yes, I am smoking on a "shinsha"
or hookah. Every restaurant has tables of them, that customers order.
Rabea, our driver let me try it. Much smoother than cigarettes and there
is almost no smoke that goes into the air except that from one's lungs.
These waiters gave us special attention and performed magic tricks to
brighten our lunch. Egyptian lunch runs from 1-3. Wini and and I ate two
meals a day generally. The food was so good, fresh and appealing.
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