Day 6 - Egypt
23.04.11
Valley of the Kings today and much to my annoyance cameras are not allowed in the valley. The tombs were far more colourful than I imagined, each guarded by an Egyptian bloke who points out a scarab beetle and Horas in the hieroglyphics and expects payment for doing so.
If I owned a car cleaning business on the road in to the valley guess what I'd call it? Valet of the Kings!
What would a trip to Egypt be without a good old ride on a camel? So this afternoon we rode around the west bank on a camel for an hour. The biggest person on the trip, a girl about twice the size of John Candy decided to take the camel ride too. The camel did manage to stand up then I'm quite sure I heard the camel speak, it said, "Fuck...Off", and then it sat down and refused to move. They put her on the back of a cart and got a donkey to tow it. I think she had a good time tho.
Valley of the Kings today and much to my annoyance cameras are not allowed in the valley. The tombs were far more colourful than I imagined, each guarded by an Egyptian bloke who points out a scarab beetle and Horas in the hieroglyphics and expects payment for doing so.
If I owned a car cleaning business on the road in to the valley guess what I'd call it? Valet of the Kings!
What would a trip to Egypt be without a good old ride on a camel? So this afternoon we rode around the west bank on a camel for an hour. The biggest person on the trip, a girl about twice the size of John Candy decided to take the camel ride too. The camel did manage to stand up then I'm quite sure I heard the camel speak, it said, "Fuck...Off", and then it sat down and refused to move. They put her on the back of a cart and got a donkey to tow it. I think she had a good time tho.
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| "The camel owners son" |
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| "Man with an Egyptian shadow" |
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| "Man viewed from a camel" |
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