Away from Saqqara we drove around 15 minutes to Dashur, this is somewhere I came back to Egypt to visit. Let me just say it was worth all the hassle, all the added cost and all the risk.

I got to Dashur, which was the last thing on the list for the day and headed straight up the Red Pyramid built by King Snefru. This pyramid is the world first true pyramid and it is older than the three Pyramids at Giza. I reached the entrance after a harrowing climb and to my surprise the pyramid was open…not only that, for once no one followed me inside.

I climbed down a passageway with a very low roof, that was much steeper than the pyramid of Khafre (sorry mum, you'd never have made this one), it was such a long passage that at one point I didn't think I was going to make it, but I looked back and saw a light and looked forward and saw light equally far away, so I pressed on. I came out in a vaulted room, with a ceiling about 15 m high. I passed through another tunnel and came out into a similar room with a rickety old staircase at the end of it.

I placed one foot on one of the stairs and it let out a mighty creek. It was like in one of those movies, where someone tests the step and they put their weight on it and fall straight through. After deliberating for a bit I decided to climb the staircase to see what was at the top, why not, I though no one's here to stop me.

I reached the top and there was another tunnel which I had to crawl through, I came out in Snefru's vaulted burial chamber that was extremely dimly lit. I'd had quite a climb to get to it, so I just sat in there on my own admiring it for about half an hour.

I climbed out of the pyramid and explored around it, I was much closer to the Bent Pyramid, which I had never been close to before, but unfortunately couldn't visit as it is in a military zone. I could also see the black pyramid of Amenemhet III off in the distance. I explored all around the pyramid, the site was deserted and apart from a few soldiers hanging around I was on my own and I loved it. It was nice to sit and admire the view of the other two pyramids without being hassled.

I eventually went back to my driver for the long drive back to Cairo.