I was cleary still out of it when I got up the next morning, I needed more sleep but I had to be ready for 9 am for our trip to the Pyramids. Rolling out of bed was excrutiating, I ended up going straight to the bathroom I was still getting sick.
Somehow I managed to get ready and meet up with Lars and Stephanie. I felt bad telling them I was sick and had a massive hangover on the day we were going to the Pyramids. We left the hostel and got in the car with our driver and our tour guide.
We decided to the the tour and reverse and stop in Memphis first and then end it at the Pyramids. I was feeling sick the whole way to Memphis, the road was bumpy and the driver was going extremely fast. When we got to the front gate I had to take a time out thinking I was going to be ill again, but it passed. We walked around and saw a lot of statues, but the highlights were the mini spinx and the giant statue of Ramses II
After memphis we went to Saqqara to see the first ever pyramid ever built. The scenery in Saqqara was amazing and the sky was such a great shade of blue.After Saqqara, we stopped by for lunch, it was a bit expensive but they served us a lot of food.
Finally it was time for the main event, we were off to the Pyramids. Our guide was trying to explain to us about the artifacts and history, but I had a hard time understanding her through her accent, me, Lars and Stephanie agreed that she was kind of useless in the end.
When we got the pyramids we were brought to the 'Camel guy' where we would be negotiating prices. After a lot of going back and forth we decided on a price, we knew we were paying a bit too much, but it wasn't a complete rip off at the same time.
Stephanie and I got on the Camels, but Lars had to ride a horse until they were able to bring him his own camel. My camel was called Hassan and Stephanie's was Mickey. At first we were nervous being on the camels, but after about 15 minutes we got use to riding them. The area near the Pyramids was full of trash and there seemed to be some clubs around playing loud music including "Sexy bitch" by David Guetta.
I was a bit concerned on the way up to the Pyramids because my camera battery was low, I forgot to charge it the night before, considering my condition. I was annoyed with myself, you get to do this once in a lifetime and you bring a nearly dead battery?! When we got to the Pyramids they let us off the camel, it was really scary when the camel went to kneel down! We took a lot of pictures, and the guides took some great ones for us. It does seem like everyone in Egypt knows how to work a camera, I guess they are use to all the tourists.
Then we went up to this point where you could see the Pyramids in Panorama form, they all perfectly line up. More picture taking ensued! After the Pyramids we headed to see the famous spinx. There were lots of tourists there, everyone trying to take pictures and kids selling stuff or trying to take pictures for you for money. The whole thing was a little chaotic, we didn't have much time there as they were closing. We did have a giggle at some of the female Russian tourists as they seemed to dress really inapprorpiately in a muslim country. (short shorts, cleavage revealing dresses).
When I got back to the "Camel place" the man whom we had booked the tour demanded an extra 30 Egyptian pounds from me saying that I wasn't allowed to use my student card and that I had needed an ISIC card. I informed him that I did have an ISIC card and that if that's what he needed specifically then he should have said it in the first place. This ended up ended up turning into an altercation between him and I. I had, had an amazing time until that point, but of course the locals there being the way some of them are, had to bring their rudeness along. In the end he let the 30 Egyptian pounds slide and we enjoyed some tea on his rooftop
When we got back to the hostel, I made plans with Lars and Stephanie to go on the Alexandria tour the next morning. It was a 6 am wake up call, so I needed to make sure I got my sleep.
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