So this year for my school trip, or "Discovery week" i got the chance to go to Egypt! it was amazing, wonderful, fascinating, beautiful!! and more and more! I loved it!!!! we had a great time! Below is the view from our hotel room.. the river in the back... yup... thats the Nile! =]
the first place we went was the citadel which was kind of like a fort and inside there were several mosques and the palace.
We also met some new friends there. =] we came to really love the egyptian people. they are all really friendly.. and this was the first but deffinately not the last time we got asked for pictures.. and most times i don't even think we were asked =] but we loved to see them all smiling and waving.
The nile.. where we had lunch and went on a felluca (a kind of boat) ride.
A cat! yes in egypt cats are also everywhere!!!!!!!! this happens to be in the village of giza..mhhhmm right by the pyramids =]
Before going to the pyramids we went on about an hour camel ride in the sahara desert right by the pyramids. It was so fun! a little nerve racking at firs but once i got the hang of it camel riding was really fun!
We rode up to a hill where we had this amazing view of all three pyramids... it was...well.. amazing!
me, on a camel!
The puramids were so cool! this is the great pyramid which we actually got to go into. there is a small tunnel that you have to crawl up into to get to the kings chamber which was basically a small dark room in the middle of the pyramid.. it was so interesting!
actually touching the pyramid!
the sphinx!!!!!! need i say more?
in egypt we happened to find a henna place so we stopped and got some on our hands.. it was really cool =]
on our last day in cairo we went to maccadum hills... or garbage city. Garbage city is just what it sounds like. Its and area in cairo where people dump there trash and several thousand people live there.. living off and recycling the trash. Most of the population there is surprisingly christian and so we visited a church there and an orphanage.. it was an amazing experience!!!
the church is carved out of a natural cave and on the side is also carved faith which i thought was really nice =]
the first place we went was the citadel which was kind of like a fort and inside there were several mosques and the palace.
We also met some new friends there. =] we came to really love the egyptian people. they are all really friendly.. and this was the first but deffinately not the last time we got asked for pictures.. and most times i don't even think we were asked =] but we loved to see them all smiling and waving.
The nile.. where we had lunch and went on a felluca (a kind of boat) ride.
A cat! yes in egypt cats are also everywhere!!!!!!!! this happens to be in the village of giza..mhhhmm right by the pyramids =]
Before going to the pyramids we went on about an hour camel ride in the sahara desert right by the pyramids. It was so fun! a little nerve racking at firs but once i got the hang of it camel riding was really fun!
We rode up to a hill where we had this amazing view of all three pyramids... it was...well.. amazing!
me, on a camel!
The puramids were so cool! this is the great pyramid which we actually got to go into. there is a small tunnel that you have to crawl up into to get to the kings chamber which was basically a small dark room in the middle of the pyramid.. it was so interesting!
actually touching the pyramid!
the sphinx!!!!!! need i say more?
in egypt we happened to find a henna place so we stopped and got some on our hands.. it was really cool =]
on our last day in cairo we went to maccadum hills... or garbage city. Garbage city is just what it sounds like. Its and area in cairo where people dump there trash and several thousand people live there.. living off and recycling the trash. Most of the population there is surprisingly christian and so we visited a church there and an orphanage.. it was an amazing experience!!!
the church is carved out of a natural cave and on the side is also carved faith which i thought was really nice =]
This is the most amazing trip Claire! btw - I'm loving my bag - thanks!!!!
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