Travel pictures
Finally, after all these years I made it to Egypt. This has been a travel dream for me since I was five years old, probably my very oldest travel dream. On my way home from Saudi Arabia I finally made it. Arriving in Cairo airport, my private guide Mahmoud greeted me. We had a busy schedule, where he first took me to some of the lesser known pyramids South of Giza. That meant that one hour after I arrived in Egypt, I was crawling my way into my very own pyramid, where I was the only visitor. I felt very much like Indiana Jones making my way into the central chamber, reading hieroglyphs and interpreting cartouches with images of ancient kings. I could see the dust at the bottom of the coffins and I could feel the mood of thousands of years’ history. From there we went to we went to Memphis the ancient capital of Egypt with fascinating lying statues of kings. Finally, it was time to visit the most famous tourist spot in the world, the great pyramids of Giza. Arriving quite late we beat most of the tourist crowds and were able to have marvelous view of the pyramids and taking a lot of pictures. We also went to some of the fascinating surrounding temples, and ended up admiring the great Sphinx at sunset, and we hit the feeling of being in the middle of world history. Later that night, I had a spectacular view of the pyramids being part of a light show with narratives of ancient Egypt while sipping a cold Egyptian beer. The next morning, after a lovely breakfast with pyramid view, Abdul took me to the world-famous Egyptian Museum where we dived into the ancient treasures of this great empire. Being a very skilled egyptologist, Mahmoud took me to some of the rarer places explaining a lot about Egyptian history. For some reason, he had got the impression, I was a professor of history, so his talk on the old Pharaohs started right at a very advanced level and I strived to follow him, but I got a spectacular insight into the ancient dynasties of Egypt. I was probably among the last visitors of the classic Egyptian museum built in the 19th century, as the whole thing is moved to a location very near to the pyramids. I truly enjoyed my first visit in Egypt but only regretted that I had so little time. I have to come back.
