Today, I decided for take two at the Pyramids… no wait this was my third visit if you include 2006. I came here to go into the Great Pyramid and by God I'm going to. I got another private driver for the day and off we went. I insisted on 3 hours this time, I knew the ticket office didn't open till 1pm so I wandered around the site a bit.

First, I went into the pyramid of Queen Hetepheres, the mother of Khufu, her small pyramid is next to his. The crawl in was not a long one and when I got to the burial chamber I discovered three Egyptian lads had followed me. They all wanted to have their pictures taken with me. I relented, but this is something that is really starting to get the better of me.

I walked over to the pyramid of Menkare, the smallest of the three Great Pyramids, all the while being hassled by camel drivers, I ended up yelling at one who just wouldn't go away, "Leave me alone! I don't want it!"By the time I reached the pyramid, I'd had it. So I climbed up one of the Satellite pyramids, in part to get away from everyone. That was great, I just sat there for ages staring out at the desert and at Giza on the other side. I then walked back to the Great Pyramid and at long last managed to find the ticket office.

I was first in line when it opened and got the first ticket of the 150 tickets they sell in the afternoon. I raced all the way over to the pyramid and all the way up to the entrance and was the first inside. I got to explore the inside of the great pyramid on my own! How many people can say they've done that! Not many. I climbed up into the Grand Gallery, which was spectacular and then into the burial chamber, where the sarcophagus of the king still sits. I spent a little time in the burial chamber before racing out and around the pyramid and down past the Sphinx, almost bowling over the hustlers on the way to meet my driver outside KFC.