We landed in Egypt today and I am so excited to know that soon I will be seeing the Pyramids. We disembarked the ship and got right onto the bus to head for Cairo. The ride is about 3 hours long to Cairo from Alexandria but our wonderful tour guide, Manal, was able to keep us all entertained with fascinating facts about Egypt and the sights we were about to see. We stopped for lunch at a restaurant right across from the Pyramids. After lunch, we went to a Museum in Memphis. From there we went the Step Pyramid at Sakkara. It was so cool to see my first pyramid close up and a few tombs with vivid hieroglyphs. Next we went to our hotel to check in and have some free time. We stayed at the Marriot. It used to be a palace and they just added the rooms on in two towers around the main palace. After a short rest we all headed to the Khan El Khalil bazaar. I didn’t really get much but the highlight of my purchase was a hot pink belly dancer’s costume. It will be perfect for Halloween. My friend, Amanda, and I both bought one and we tried to explain to the shop keeper about Halloween--that was a conversation and a half. While walking through the bazaar the strangest thing happened, all of a sudden people began to rush and move all of their tables off the street. Men, women, and children rushed to an undisclosed location and there was absolute chaos. I still don’t know what was going on, it could either have been it was time for the evening prayer and the shops were closing up or the police were coming and they couldn’t sell on the street. All I know is that the rush really scared me. After the bazaar we returned to our hotel for a late dinner and prepared for an early wake up call.
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