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Take Me Away (from) EGYPT

Posted by Stefani528 | 8th May 2007

You know the saying, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?” Well, I never liked that saying. Now, though, after 4 days in Cairo, Egypt…I’m going to agree with it.

Out hotel for the weekend was straight out of the Tower of Terror movie (Disney of course). The elevator couldn’t make it up to our floor (7) without stopping at a lower level first to rest, and there were stains everywhere you looked. Our shower ceiling had holes in it and there were fixtures hanging from pretty much every ceiling. And this was a 4 star hotel!

The first night we got in to town late & were tired from travel, so we just settled into the hotel & went to bed. The next morning we rode to the Egyptian Museum for a tour. It was a very good museum, and I even got to see mummies!

Afterwards we headed to the Pyramids at Giza, the last remaining ancient wonder of the world! There are 3 big ones, and 3 crumbling little ones for wives & children of the kings. They were huge, even though somewhat e

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