Egypt’s main tourist catch is undoubtedly the pyramids. Even now, architects and engineers argue about the creation and the ability of such “primitive” humans to build such amazing structures. The actual pyramids are pretty impressive however for me it’s the questions on how they were built that interested me more. How is it that a population of about 30 000 ancient Egyptians, could be so organized, so smart, so strong, so willing to build such amazing things??? While visiting the pyramids I was luckily enough to go on a camel ride taking me around the pyramids and letting me ponder the various questions. This is probably the thing I enjoyed the second most while at this site.
The thing I enjoyed most at the pyramids: We had some free time to check out the pyramids, boat museum and just do whatever we wanted. I was happy to leave the group and just walk around the pyramids. I went to the non-tourist area where there were the work men, the camels being feed and a bunch of little kids. I noticed a group of girls off to one corner kicking around a “ball”. This "ball" was really just a bunch of cloth tied together. As I walked around to observe the environment, I positioned myself near this soccer game. Shortly after standing and watching one of the girls kicked me the ball and I ended up kicking the ball around with them. It was quite the experience to be able to interact with Egyptians on a non-tourist level. I happened to wear one of my soccer Jersey’s and when I told them I needed to leave (by waving goodbye) they all wanted to take pictures with me. It was a pretty amazing experience and one that proves that sports are an international language, and international way of bonding.
After the soccer match we drove down to see the Sphinx. It was pretty nice. The view of the sphinx with the pyramids in the background made for some great pictures. However after my soccer experience the sphinx didn’t seem too exciting… maybe it was just because it was hot and I was out of breath.
The thing I enjoyed most at the pyramids: We had some free time to check out the pyramids, boat museum and just do whatever we wanted. I was happy to leave the group and just walk around the pyramids. I went to the non-tourist area where there were the work men, the camels being feed and a bunch of little kids. I noticed a group of girls off to one corner kicking around a “ball”. This "ball" was really just a bunch of cloth tied together. As I walked around to observe the environment, I positioned myself near this soccer game. Shortly after standing and watching one of the girls kicked me the ball and I ended up kicking the ball around with them. It was quite the experience to be able to interact with Egyptians on a non-tourist level. I happened to wear one of my soccer Jersey’s and when I told them I needed to leave (by waving goodbye) they all wanted to take pictures with me. It was a pretty amazing experience and one that proves that sports are an international language, and international way of bonding.
After the soccer match we drove down to see the Sphinx. It was pretty nice. The view of the sphinx with the pyramids in the background made for some great pictures. However after my soccer experience the sphinx didn’t seem too exciting… maybe it was just because it was hot and I was out of breath.
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