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I finally climbed on to one of the Pyramids !!!!

by VZ-Pam - last update: Jan 27, 2008

I never know the stones are so huge on a pyramid !

I used to think the stones in the pyramid are only like half of my height & about 3 foot in width. Wow, in reality, the stones are much bigger than I thought ! I know I was silly but who knows these things without seeing them yourself ? Look at my picture for the proportions .....How the ancient moves these stones ? & they needed so many of these stones to build this great Pyramid ? No wonder it is an ancient mystery & I totally agree it should be the NUMBER 1 Wonders of the world. It is amazing .....

The Great Sphinx of Giza

I was standing at where they conducted the Sound & Light Show at night. The Pyramid of Khafre is in the background of the Sphinx. You will see lots of vendors inside & outside of the Giza Sphinx area & also a lot of tourist police. We went there late in the afternoon & we also waited over there till the Sound & light Show started. We had witnessed many vendors paying bribes to the tourist police. Those tourist police even chased after young children vendors on their money...its sad. We went to the sound & light show at night & it was great. However, since we were there in January, it was freezing cold & windy there. We rent the carpet there to watch the show and I strongly recommend others to do the same in winter !

Pyramid of Khafre

This pyramid is the easiest to identify because it wears a cap on the top !! I am so tiny like an ant at the foot of the pyramid.

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Comments for VZ-Pam about Cairo
benazer Fri Sep 11, 2009 08:59 UTC
 I was there at 3 am in the morning getting a free tour of the city and a free meal too .
starship Tue May 5, 2009 18:25 UTC
 Great tips! Sounds like you have to be prepared to pay a lot of baksheesh!
Fullmoonfever Tue Dec 16, 2008 21:57 UTC
 ok, I like drunk women.
SWFC_Fan Sun Oct 26, 2008 18:49 UTC
 Thanks for visiting my Iceland and Marrakech pages, Pam - I'm sure you'll enjoy both places! :-) Very interesting to read your Cairo tips - sounds like my trip to the city last year - scary taxi rides, corrupt tourist police and lots of touts!
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