Saturday 24th October This morning, after the best sleep in a week, met up with a few people still here for breakfast, and also met a few people doing the next trip. We took a few of them out to the bazaar we went to yesterday, to give them a taste of what they'll be up against. Bought a few nice things, and then headed back to the hotel, for an afternoon of relaxation. Met up with a few of the girls left over from our tour, and we went shopping and had some f...

Friday 23rd October Our train arrived at Giza around 9am, and we quickly departed and headed for our bus to start the last day of our tour. First stop was a mosque and citadel in some of the oldest parts of Cairo. Afterwards, we headed out to the Step Pyramid. Built by Imhotep, an ancient architect in Egypt, this pyramid is the earliest pyramid ever build. It's design lead to plans for the true pyramids, such as those in Giza. Afterwards, we visited another b...

Sunday 18th October Today we had breakfast for the first time together, and then headed off on our first trip as a group- to the Cairo National Museum. Today seemed a lot better, because we went to the highlights only, and Sharif, our tour guide, explained a lot of the history behind them. One of the highlights of this trip was the Mummy Room, which had about a dozen preserved mummified pharaohs and other royals, such as Tuthmosis III and Ramses II. After t...

Saturday 17th October I met up with a few people on the tour this morning, and we all decided to go to the Cairo National Museum. We were going as part of the tour the next day, but because it is so big, we knew we'd need more than one day to do it in. The cab ride was fun!! Even though the cab driver was going to charge 10,000 euro!! We got there, and the place was packed!! Unfortunately, they do not allow camera's in the Museum, but it was an amazing experi...

Friday 16th October Had a nice view from the plane as we left Dubai. Saw the Burj al Arab, and one of the Palm Trees, but we flew directly over the World Islands, so all I got to see was one of the break walls. Soon we crossed over into Saudi Arabia, and all you could see was sand!! After a while, once we passed near some settlements, I started seeing dozens and dozens of large green circles on the ground. They were strange, and warrant some investigation late...